ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,260, issued on June 23, was assigned to RHB Research LLC (Atlanta) and Georgia Tech Research Corp. (Atlanta).

"Devices and methods for illuminating an intraocular implant" was invented by Reay H. Brown (Atlanta) and Jun Ueda (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a delivery device for implanting an intraocular stent. In one embodiment, the delivery device may include a guide and a fiber optic cable. The guide may be configured to receive at least a portion of the intraocular stent thereon. The fiber optic cable may engage the guide and be configured to receive at least a portion of the i...