Method of non-surgical treatment of cataracts

Details Method of non-surgical treatment of cataracts Method of non-surgical treatment of cataracts

1974-11-22

1976-07-27

Trapp, Lawrence W.

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A61B 1736

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039713822

ABSTRACT:
A method of non-surgical treatment of soft and membraneous cataracts, including congenital cataracts, said method comprising the step of cutting the anterior capsule of the lens and/or pupillary membrane without perforating injury to the eye wall with a laser beam, caused to pass through the cornea, the anterior chamber of the eye and pupil, and then be focused onto the anterior capsule of the lens and/or pupillary membrane to thus form at least one hole through which the cataract substance is thus let out of the lens capsule/soft cataract/into the anterior chamber of the eye where the substance is gradually dissolved.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3481340 (1969-12-01), McKnight et al.
patent: 3710798 (1973-01-01), Bredemeier
patent: 3769963 (1973-11-01), Goldman et al.
patent: 3809092 (1974-05-01), Abraham
V. Cohn, Washington Post, Apr. 5, 1973, pp. A1, A6.

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