ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,844, issued on June 9, was assigned to UNIVERSITAET ZU KOELN (Cologne, Germany).
"Device for transplanting a descemet's membrane" was invented by Bjoern Bachmann (Cologne, Germany), Claus Cursiefen (Cologne, Germany) and Sebastian Siebelmann (Solingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a device for the transplantation of a Descemet's membrane-endothelium graft (5), comprising a longitudinal tube (1), the tube (1) having an inner cavity (2), an inlet opening (3) at its proximal end (PE) through which it is possible to introduce the graft (5) into the cavity (2), and an outlet opening (4) at its distal end ...