Method and apparatus for re-profiling the cornea to correct for

Details Method and apparatus for re-profiling the cornea to correct for Method and apparatus for re-profiling the cornea to correct for

1991-09-18

1994-06-07

Burr, Edgar S.

Surgery

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606161, 606166, A61F 900

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053180445

ABSTRACT:
Hyperopia (far-sighted) refractive error of the cornea is corrected by a scraping procedure of rotating or oscillating a tool having a central pressure pad with a plurality of curved sharpened knife-edge blades that initially are tangential to and against an outer zone or band of the cornea and micro-axially advanced until the refractive error has been corrected.

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