Apparatus for the removal of adherent viscoelastic

Details Apparatus for the removal of adherent viscoelastic Apparatus for the removal of adherent viscoelastic

1994-06-27

1996-09-24

Green, Randall L.

Surgery

Means for introducing or removing material from body for...

Material introduced into and removed from body through...

604 43, 604 27, 606107, A61M 100

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055586341

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus is disclosed for the removal of viscoelastic material from an eye chamber. The apparatus enables a procedure, or method, which includes the steps of directing an irrigation fluid toward a viscoelastic material disposed in an eye chamber in order to loosen said viscoelastic material from eye chamber surfaces, hydraulically forcing the loosened viscoelastic material from the chamber surfaces, and aspirating the loosened viscoelastic material from the eye chamber.

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