Surgery – Instruments – Corneal cutter or guide for corneal cutter
Patent
1996-01-25
1999-02-23
Lewis, William
Surgery
Instruments
Corneal cutter or guide for corneal cutter
606167, A61B 1732
Patent
active
058738835
ABSTRACT:
A surgical apparatus and method for incising an aperture in the anterior capsule of the human eye are disclosed. The apparatus or capsulorhexitome, comprises a hollow shaft, a concentric cutting member with a annular channel and orifice, and means for injecting a substantially incompressible fluid through the apparatus to incise a smooth, continuous, curvilinear aperture in the anterior capsule of the eye.
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Cozean, III Charles H.
Cozean, Jr. Charles H.
Lewis William
Meier Harold E.
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