Surgery – Specula – Retractor
Patent
1993-08-20
1995-07-18
Apley, Richard J.
Surgery
Specula
Retractor
606107, A61F 9007
Patent
active
054331900
ABSTRACT:
An eyelid speculum device used to hold a person's eyelids open for ocular surgery, treatment, examination, or some other reason. The device has two elongated arms, each arm having one free end. The other ends of the arms are attached to a joining member. A person may grasp gripping portions at the free ends of the arms, and move the arms toward each other until the gripping portions contact one another. The device may then be inserted between the upper and lower eyelids of a person's eye. The elongated arms engage the eyelids after the gripping portions are released. A substantial length of each arm engages the eyelids, because the arms are contoured to generally conform to the curvature and/or length of the eyelids. As a result, reduced pressure is applied to the eyelids, which decreases the chances that post-operative ptosis or drooping of the eyelids will occur.
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Advertisement of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Jacksonville, Fla., for a Lid-Set Surgical Eyelid Retractor, Dated Nov., 1992.
Apley Richard J.
Maraglio Donna L.
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