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Patent No.:

US 12329885 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 14, 2021

Enhanced stiffening implement for a surgical tool

Applicant:

Alcon Inc., Fribourg, CH;

Inventors:

Reto Grüebler, Greifensee, CH;

Bernhard Pultar, Winterthur, CH;

Klaus Dorawa, Kiel, DE;

Assignee:

Alcon Inc., Fribourg, CH;

Attorney:

PATTERSON + SHERIDAN, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Ankit D Tejani

Assistant Examiner:

Joshua Brendon Solomon

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/007 (2006.01); A61F 9/013 (2006.01); A61L 31/08 (2006.01); A61L 31/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 31/14 (2013.01); A61F 9/00736 (2013.01); A61F 9/013 (2013.01); A61L 31/088 (2013.01); A61B 17/28 (2013.01); A61L 2420/02 (2013.01); A61L 2420/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

A surgical tool with an elongated implement of enhanced stiffening character due to the use of a stiffening coating and/or a lumen of inconsistent diameter. The stiffening coating may be supplied by a deposition technique utilizing materials tailored to biocompatibility, stiffening and even to reducing glare. The lumen of inconsistent diameter may include a distal end taking up a minority of the lumen that is of a larger diameter than a proximal portion of substantially smaller diameter for increasing wall thickness and stiffening of the majority of the implement.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Grüebler, Reto. (2025). Enhanced stiffening implement for a surgical tool (U.S. Patent No. 12329885). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12329885

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