Surgery – Miscellaneous – Methods
Patent
1997-11-17
1999-08-24
Buiz, Michael
Surgery
Miscellaneous
Methods
623 4, 606107, A61B 1900
Patent
active
059412500
ABSTRACT:
The disclosure relates to a method and instrument for implanting retinal tissue into the subretinal space of the eye comprising the steps of inducting a fragment of retinal tissue into a tubular nozzle of an instrument by retracting a mandrel telescoped internally of the nozzle, incising the pars plana region of the eye, incising the retina of the eye to expose a subretinal target area, inserting the nozzle of the instrument through the incisions in the pars plana and retina of the eye, orientating an open end of the nozzle over the target area of the retina, and retracting the nozzle relative to the mandrel of the instrument to deposit the tissue in the target area of the eye.
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Aramant Robert B.
Seiler Magdalene J.
Buiz Michael
Reip David O.
University of Louisville Research Foundation Inc.
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