US Patent Issued to University of Florida Research Foundation on July 21 for "Devices and methods for automated delivery of ophthalmological medications" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,668, issued on July 21, was assigned to University of Florida Research Foundation Inc. (Gainesville, Fla.).

"Devices and methods for automated delivery of ophthalmological medications" was invented by Anuj Chauhan (Gainesville, Fla.), Brett Banther (Gainesville, Fla.) and Shawn Lyvers (Gainesville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are various embodiments for an apparatus for installation of eye drops, an automatic dispensing device, and a method to dispense eye drops. The apparatus including a dispensing device, a control system, and a housing. The dispensing device configured to dispense a dosage of a fluid medication f...