ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,718,706, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to MANI INC. (Utsunomiya, Japan).
"Training device for ophthalmic surgery" was invented by Tsukasa Hanemoto (Mito, Japan), Akira Hirata (Fukuoka, Japan), Yoshiyuki Tazawa (Utsunomiya, Japan) and Keisuke Tsunoda (Utsunomiya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The purpose of the present invention is to provide a training device for ophthalmic surgery so as to make it possible to readily practice inner limiting membrane peeling by using a simulated eye including a Japanese quail eggshell. This training device 1 for ophthalmic surgery includes a base 10 with a hollow portion 11 and a soft simulated ...