Surgery – Instruments – Means for removing – inserting or aiding in the removal or...
Patent
1991-12-17
1993-12-14
Pellegrino, Stephen C.
Surgery
Instruments
Means for removing, inserting or aiding in the removal or...
606166, 606167, 606169, 606170, 606171, 604 22, A61F 900
Patent
active
052697878
ABSTRACT:
Surgical apparatus and method for incising an aperture in the anterior capsule of the human eye. The apparatus for capsulorhexis comprises a shaft, a cutting member with a sharp cutting edge, and a fastener connecting the shaft to an ultrasonic power source. After making an initial incision in the eye, the surgeon uses the apparatus to make a smooth, continuous, curvilinear aperture in the anterior capsule of the eye.
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Cozean, III Charles
Cozean, Jr. Charles H.
Dawson Glenn
Hammond Herbert J.
Pellegrino Stephen C.
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