US Patent Issued to Shifamed Holdings on May 26 for "Accommodating intraocular lens" (California, Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,143, issued on May 26, was assigned to Shifamed Holdings LLC (Campbell, Calif.).

"Accommodating intraocular lens" was invented by Amr Salahieh (Saratoga, Calif.), Claudio R. Argento (Felton, Calif.), Tom Saul (Portland, Ore.), Bob Vaughan (Los Gatos, Calif.) and Eric Willis (Santa Cruz, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intraocular lens (IOL) for implantation within a capsular bag of a patient's eye comprises an optical structure and a haptic structure. The optical structure comprises a planar member, a plano convex member, and a fluid optical element defined between the planar member and the plano convex member. The fluid opti...