Prosthesis (i.e. – artificial body members) – parts thereof – or ai – Eye prosthesis – Corneal implant
Patent
1997-12-02
1999-11-16
Mancene, Gene
Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or ai
Eye prosthesis
Corneal implant
A61F 214
Patent
active
059849614
ABSTRACT:
A method for improving vision in a human eye having a macula disease and in particular macula degeneration by inducing a prism in the cornea of an eye using a laser beam to ablate the central cornea into a prismatic shape. Also, an apparatus and method for implanting a synthetic prism into the cornea is provided. The resulting prism either induced or implanted in the cornea directs rays of light away from a diseased area of the macula to an undiseased macula area of the retina for improved sight.
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Mancene Gene
Robert Eduardo C.
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