US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITE JEAN MONNET SAINT ETIENNE, MANUTECH-USD, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE on April 21 for "Method for producing a plurality of implants from a previously removed human or animal cornea" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,243, issued on April 21, was assigned to UNIVERSITE JEAN MONNET SAINT ETIENNE (Saint Etienne, France), MANUTECH-USD (Saint Etienne, France), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris) and CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE (Saint Etienne, France).

"Method for producing a plurality of implants from a previously removed human or animal cornea" was invented by Philippe Gain (Lyons, France), Gilles Thuret (St Bonnet les Oules, France), Cyril Mauclair (Challain la Potherie, France), Samy Albourgol (Saint Etienne, France) and Gregory Egaud (Jonzieux, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention concerns a cutting process fo...