Surgical microtomes

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1997-05-30

2000-02-29

Buiz, Michael

Surgery

Instruments

Corneal cutter or guide for corneal cutter

A61B 1732

Patent

active

060303980

ABSTRACT:
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for removal of biological tissue slices or layers, preferably in the form of lamellar sections of predetermined shape and thickness employing a reference member that engages a target tissue site and cooperates with a cutter in order to remove the tissue segment or lamella. The cutter preferably includes a flexible cutting element such as a wire or band element that is brought into physical contact with a guiding edge of the reference member and then draw along a path defined by the guide edge through the tissue to sever, at least partially, a tissue section. In one particularly useful aspect of the invention, methods and apparatus for keratectomy are disclosed employing an ocular reference member that engages the upper central region of the cornea and cooperates with a cutter to remove a lamellar segment from the cornea. Such lamellar resections are useful in preparing the cornea for further surgery (by mechanical or laser surgical techniques), or in performing refractive keratectomy directly upon the eye, or in treating (e.g., smoothing) the corneal surface to correct abnormalities, (e.g., to remove ulcerated tissue or otherwise improve the optical properties of the cornea).

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