Artificial eye

Details Artificial eye Artificial eye

1996-09-16

1998-03-31

Jones, Mary Beth

Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or ai

Eye prosthesis

446389, 446392, A61F 214

Patent

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057333335

ABSTRACT:
A device and method for making artificial eyes. The device uses either photographs of a patient's eye, or, the patient's eye is digitally scanned. This digital image can then be read, manipulated and changed on a computer screen using common software. Once the image is perfected, it can be printed with a color laser printer. The image (either a digital printout or photograph) can then be cut and attached to an iris button. To prevent smearing of the image during the curing, a formed bonnet is placed between the iris button and the cornea. This bonnet absorbs the compression of the cornea during curing, thereby preventing smearing of the image.

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patent: 4637159 (1987-01-01), Kulis
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