Surgical guide and surgical method
AssigneeL & L Sullivan Pty Ltd.
InventorLaurence John Sullivan
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Abstract
A surgical guide comprising a contact lens comprising a body on which is disposed a reticule, the reticule may be used to guide a surgeon operating on an eye on which the contact lens is located is disclosed. Also disclosed is a surgical method, the method comprising using a reticule on a contact lens to guide a surgical procedure performed on an eye to thereby perform the surgical method. The reticule may comprise one or more concentric circle or concentric shape and/or a set of lines. The reticule may also comprise one or more meridian and/or one or more parallel. The reticule may further comprise one or more net or grid.
Claims23
A surgical guide comprising:
- a conventional contact lens comprised of material used in a conventional contact lens and comprising a body, an external surface and an internal surface, wherein in position on an eye, the inner surface contacts the eye and the external surface is exposed, a reticule disposed on the body, whereby the reticule is used to guide a surgeon operating within the eye on which the contact lens is located;
- whereby there is a reduced or no parallax error;
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- wherein the contact lens will move with the eye and orient position relative to the eye to compensate for any voluntary or involuntary motion of the patient.
A surgical method, the method comprising:
- using a reticule on a conventional contact lens comprised of material used in a conventional contact lens, the conventional lens comprising a body, an external surface and an inner surface, wherein in position on an eye, the inner surface contacts the eye and the external surface is exposed, the reticule disposed on the body, whereby the reticule is used to guide a surgeon operating on the eye on which the contact lens is located;
- whereby there is a reduced or no parallax error;
- wherein the contact lens will move with the eye and orient position relative to the eye to compensate for any voluntary or involuntary motion of the patient;
- the conventional contact lens being used to guide a surgical procedure performed within the eye to thereby perform the surgical method.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.