Magnetic operating microscopes and methods of treatment and diagnosis using the same
AssigneeEmmetrope Ophthalmics LLC
InventorsJeffrey L. Goldberg, Roger A. Goldberg
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Abstract
In certain aspects, the present invention is directed to a device selected from (a) an operating microscope with an attached or attachable magnet and (b) a magnet that is configured for attachment to an operating microscope. In either case, the magnet is configured to allow a patient's tissue to be viewed through the operating microscope while at the same time permitting the creation of a magnetic field of sufficient magnitude and direction to move a magnetic therapeutic and/or diagnostic agent lying within the tissue to a preferred location in the tissue.
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A device selected from an operating microscope with an attached magnet or an attachable magnet that is configured for attachment to the operating microscope, wherein the attached magnet, or the attachable magnet when attached to the operating microscope, is configured to allow a patient's tissue to be viewed through the operating microscope while at the same time permitting the creation of an intraocular magnetic field of sufficient magnitude and direction to move a magnetic therapeutic agent, a magnetic diagnostic agent, or both, that is positioned inside the tissue to a target location within the tissue.
A method of treatment comprising introducing a magnetic therapeutic agent, a magnetic diagnostic agent, or both, into tissue of a patient and providing a magnetic field of sufficient magnitude and direction to move the magnetic therapeutic agent, the magnetic diagnostic agent, or both, to a target location within the tissue, while the tissue is simultaneously observable through an operating microscope and wherein the magnetic field is provided by a magnet that is attached to the operating microscope.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.