Optical fiber probe and laser sclerostomy procedure

Details Optical fiber probe and laser sclerostomy procedure Optical fiber probe and laser sclerostomy procedure

1992-04-22

1995-07-11

Shay, David M.

Surgery

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Light application

606 15, 606 17, A61N 506

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054316464

ABSTRACT:
A fiber optic probe and its use in performing a sclerostomy (forming a small hole in the sclera of an eye) as a treatment for glaucoma. The minimally dimensioned probe is designed to direct laser light out of its side and, as a result, allows a sclerostomy procedure to be performed with minimal trauma to the conjunctiva and other surrounding ocular tissues of the patient. A series of pulses of infrared laser radiation delivered through the side of the probe forms the hole in the sclera.

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