ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,756, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to OneFocus Vision Inc. (Fernandina Beach, Fla.).

"Accommodating cavity lens shaped with insert" was invented by Steven B. Waite (Fernandina Beach, Fla.), Amitava Gupta (Fernandina Beach, Fla.), Gamil Alhakimi (Oakville, Canada), Lisa Studnicki (Oakville, Canada) and Musa Alhakimi (Oakville, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens comprises an internal cavity structure formed by dissolution of a soluble insert material. The internal soluble material may dissolve through a body of a lens such as a contact lens in order to form the cavity within the contact lens. The cavity within the lens can be...