Instrument for making corneal incisions

Surgery – Truss – Pad

Patent

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

30320, 30338, A61B 1732, B26B 108

Patent

active

045343489

ABSTRACT:
The invention generally relates to medicine, but more particularly, to an strument for making corneal incisions useful, for example, in the surgical treatment of myopia.
The instrument disclosed herein includes a case, a holder of a cutting member being mounted within the case for reciprocation relative thereto. The holder is provided with a lock member for a cutting member at one end thereof, its opposite end accommodating a stem engaging a screwnut type drive urging said holder into motion. A stop is mounted on the case anteriorly relative to said holder. According to the invention, the portion of the holder facing the stop which is rectangular in cross-section, is preferably provided with a rectangularly fashioned groove along with a lever clip mounted therein, to secure the cutting member in position.

REFERENCES:
patent: 477817 (1892-06-01), Nielsen
patent: 1813723 (1931-07-01), Beaver
patent: 1940855 (1933-12-01), Friedman
patent: 2250237 (1941-07-01), Schwartzkopf
patent: 2684026 (1954-07-01), Randolph, Sr.
patent: 3076263 (1963-02-01), Musto
patent: 3845554 (1974-11-01), Joanis et al.
patent: 3922784 (1975-12-01), Prince et al.
patent: 3967377 (1976-07-01), Wells
patent: 3977077 (1976-08-01), Rebold

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for the USA inventors and patents. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Instrument for making corneal incisions does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Instrument for making corneal incisions, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Instrument for making corneal incisions will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-2313122

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.