US Patent Issued to Long Bridge Medical on Sept. 8 for "Ocular implant support devices and methods of use" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,991, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Long Bridge Medical Inc. (South San Francisco, Calif.).

"Ocular implant support devices and methods of use" was invented by Matthew Clarke (South San Francisco, Calif.), Ayman Naseri (South San Francisco, Calif.), Matthew Tice (South San Francisco, Calif.) and Jacob Osecheck (South San Francisco, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable scleral suspension device for use with an intraocular lens, an artificial iris, or an implantable miniature telescope (IMT) in an eye. The device includes an elastic support structure having a central aperture extending through the support structure ...