ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,348, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Intraocular pressure control system" was invented by Vadim Gliner (Haifa, Israel) and Assaf Govari (Haifa, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one exemplary mode, a phacoemulsification system includes a phacoemulsification probe, an irrigation tube to provide irrigation fluid into an eye, an irrigation pump to pump irrigation fluid into the eye, an aspiration tube convey aspiration fluid from the eye, an aspiration pump to pump the aspiration fluid from the eye, a sensor to provide a signal indicative of current intraocular pressure...