US Patent Issued to THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF KOREA INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION on March 31 for "Safety vitreous body cutting device" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,029, issued on March 31, was assigned to THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF KOREA INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION (Seoul, South Korea).

"Safety vitreous body cutting device" was invented by Dong Hyun Jee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment relates to a safety vitreous body cutting device capable of safely removing only a vitreous body attached to a retina without damaging the retina. Here, the safety vitreous body cutting device includes a tubular body part, a cutter part, and a safety net part. The tubular body part is formed in a cylindrical shape, negative pressure is provided at the inside, and a...