1999-05-06
2000-10-31
Nguyen, Dinh X.
6 41, A61F 214
Patent
active
061383074
ABSTRACT:
In the method of distorting at least one of the anterior and posterior surfaces of the cornea so as to alter the dioptric power of the cornea to favorably alter the refraction of light rays so as to enhance image clarity, the steps include effecting multiple cuts near the corneal limbus, outwardly of the central part of the cornea; providing multiple inert protheses having tapered wedge configurations; and inserting the prostheses into cuts in wedging directions.
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patent: 5405384 (1995-04-01), Silverstrini
patent: 5722971 (1998-03-01), Peyman
patent: 5944752 (1999-08-01), Silvestrini
Haefliger William W.
Nguyen Dinh X.
Surgical Concepts, Inc.
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