Surgery – Instruments – Corneal cutter or guide for corneal cutter
Patent
1992-11-06
1994-05-03
Pellegrino, Stephen C.
Surgery
Instruments
Corneal cutter or guide for corneal cutter
12866106, A61B 1732
Patent
active
053083555
ABSTRACT:
A corneal surgical instrument comprising a surgical knife and ultrasonic probe assembly that measures the corneal thickness, monitors the positioning and perpendicularity of the knife and controls the depth of the knife blade. The ultrasonic probe assembly includes a pair of ultrasonic probes disposed on opposite sides of said cutting plane of the knife blade. Information on monitored parameters is displayed to the surgeon in the display of a surgical instrument used to perform corneal surgery.
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