Epikeratophakia process

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1986-01-21

1987-05-05

Frinks, Ronald L.

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

Eye prosthesis

Corneal implant

128 1R, 128305, A61F 214, A61F 1732, A61B 1900

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ABSTRACT:
A process for practicing refractive surgery on a patient's eye by grafting a donor cornea shaped into a lenticle to the front of the patient's cornea. The periphery of the donor cornea is chamfered to a bevelled edge and a corresponding slanted peripheral corneal groove is cut into the patient's cornea. The bevelled edges of the lenticle is then inserted into the groove and then sutured to the patient's cornea.

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patent: 4346482 (1982-08-01), Tennant et al.
patent: 4565198 (1986-01-01), Koeniger
patent: 4607617 (1986-08-01), Choyce
"Corneal Surgery", (Book) by Louis J. Girard, vol. two, published by C. V. Mosby Co., St. Louis, Torono, London, 1981, p. 171 and FIGS. 6-26 relied upon.

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