US Patent Issued to THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, NEW WORLD MEDICAL on Sept. 29 for "Ophthalmic knife and methods of use" (Colorado, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,156, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO (Denver) and NEW WORLD MEDICAL INC. (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.).

"Ophthalmic knife and methods of use" was invented by Malik Y. Kahook (Denver), Khalid Mansour (Eastvale, Calif.), Suhail Abdullah (Fontana, Calif.), Eric Porteous (Corona, Calif.) and Vijay R. Balan (Torrance, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ophthalmic knife for treatment of various conditions including eye diseases, such as glaucoma, using minimally invasive surgical techniques is provided. The ophthalmic knife includes a shaft, a first platform connected to an end of the shaft...