US Patent Issued to NEW WORLD MEDICAL on Sept. 8 for "Intraocular stent" (California, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,036, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to NEW WORLD MEDICAL INC. (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.).

"Intraocular stent" was invented by Lee C. Yick (San Gabriel, Calif.), Eric Porteous (Corona, Calif.), Derek Ng (Long Beach, Calif.), Bobby Xiong (Orange, Calif.), Malik Y. Kahook (Denver), John Koontz (Chino, Calif.) and Vijay Balan (Torrance, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Intraocular stents are provided. An intraocular stent (20) includes a piercing end (40) for penetration into portions of the eye without requiring a surgical incision by a separate cutting device. A first retention member (50) stabilizes the intraocular stent (20) ag...