US Patent Issued to Lhotse Medical on Jan. 20 for "Emulsification devices and methods for crystalline lens removal" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,690, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Lhotse Medical Inc. (Dallas).

"Emulsification devices and methods for crystalline lens removal" was invented by Anand Doraiswamy (Oakland, Calif.) and Azhar Meyer (Oakland, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to thermal fluid emulsification systems and methods for cataract removal. The thermal fluid emulsification systems can deliver heated fluid to the crystalline lens within the capsular bag of the eye, resulting in the emulsification of the crystalline lens. The emulsified crystalline lens can be aspirated from the capsular bag of the eye. The thermal fluid emulsifi...