ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,968, issued on March 17, was assigned to NEW WORLD MEDICAL INC. (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.).

"Ophthalmic device" was invented by Khalid Mansour (Corona, Calif.), Malik Y. Kahook (Denver), John Koontz (Chino, Calif.), Jason Mohr (Fontana, Calif.), Eric Porteous (Corona, Calif.) and Dustin Tobey (San Dimas, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Ophthalmic devices include a housing and a cannula extending from the housing, the cannula having a lumen for fluid flow, a reservoir for holding fluid and an activation assembly. The activation assembly includes a rotatable wheel and a moveable housing ring coupled to the wheel, the coupled rot...