ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,137, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to MICROT INC. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Apparatus for injecting tube-type implant into eye" was invented by Junoh Ryu (Gwacheon-si, South Korea), Doohwan Kwak (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Jiyeon Kim (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tube-shaped implant insertion device may comprise: a needle having an internal space to accommodate a tube-shaped implant inserted into an eyeball; a handle connected to the needle to manipulate the position of the needle; and a guide pin disposed to support the implant accommodated in the needle, and having a hollow size smaller than the outer diameter ...