Ocular platforms and surgical tools
AssigneeRetbul Medical Ltd
InventorsNir Sinai, Doron Smulian, Michael Belkin, Yishay Falick
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Abstract
A platform for introducing various treatment tools through a conduit in order to treat various ocular pathologies by attaching it to a human eyeball. The platform has an axis that defines opposing anterior and posterior axial directions. The platform includes a framework formed about the axis and the framework has anterior and posterior openings at respective anterior and posterior sides. The platform includes also a hollow conduit that extends through the framework while passing through the anterior and posterior openings.
Claims20
A platform for assisting in advancing surgical tools for treating an eye of a patient,
- the platform having a central axis defining opposing anterior and posterior directions, and comprising:
- a ring like attachment member suitable for attachment to an eyeball of the eye, wherein the attachment member is formed about the central axis at a posterior side of the platform,
- the platform further comprising a hollow conduit having an interior passage through which surgical tools can be advanced generally in the posterior direction, wherein
- the conduit comprises a first section along which its interior passage slants generally in the posterior direction towards the central axis, and a second generally curved section along which its interior passage extends, at least along a substantial initial portion thereof, away from the first section and away from the central axis generally in the posterior direction.
A system for treating a retrobulbar region of an eye comprising:
- a platform having a central axis defining opposing anterior and posterior directions, and comprising:
- a ring-like attachment member suitable for attachment to an eyeball of the eye, wherein the attachment member is formed about the central axis at a posterior side of the platform,
- the platform further comprising a hollow conduit having an interior passage through which surgical tools can be advanced generally in the posterior direction, wherein the conduit comprises a first section along which its interior passage slants generally in the posterior direction towards the central axis, and a second generally curved section along which its interior passage extends, at least along a substantial initial portion thereof, away from the first section and away from the central axis generally in the posterior direction, and
- a surgical tool that is movable through the conduit of the platform.
A method for treating a retrobulbar region of an eye comprising the steps of:
- providing a system comprising a platform having a central axis defining opposing anterior and posterior directions, and comprising:
- a ring-like attachment member suitable for attachment to an eyeball of the eye, wherein the attachment member is formed about the central axis at a posterior side of the platform,
- the platform further comprising a hollow conduit having an interior passage through which surgical tools can be advanced generally in the posterior direction, wherein the conduit comprises a first section along which its interior passage slants generally in the posterior direction towards the central axis, and a second generally curved section along which its interior passage extends, at least along a substantial initial portion thereof, away from the first section and away from the central axis generally in the posterior direction, and
- advancing a surgical tool through the conduit of the platform.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.