Surgery – Instruments – Corneal cutter or guide for corneal cutter
Patent
1998-07-02
2000-04-04
Buiz, Michael
Surgery
Instruments
Corneal cutter or guide for corneal cutter
A61F 900
Patent
active
060455624
ABSTRACT:
A cornea surgical operation apparatus for incising a cornea of a patient's eye into a layer comprises a fixing device having an opening put into contact with the surface of the cornea and for being fixed to a peripheral part of the cornea with the opening as a center, a press device for nearly flat pressing the cornea protruded from the opening, a blade for cutting out the cornea pressed into a nearly flat shape by the press device, a movement device for moving the blade in such a way that it passes a center of the opening, and a rotation device for rotating the blade moved at least to a Bowman membrane by the movement device with the center of the opening as the center of rotation.
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Amano Masanori
Hagiwara Takashi
Sugimura Masahiro
Buiz Michael
Ho (Jackie) Tan-Uyen
Nidek Co. Ltd.
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