Cutter head for a microkeratome
AssigneeMoria SA
InventorsJean-Luc Aufaure, David Frileux
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Abstract
A microkeratome cutter head comprising a body and a cutter blade slidably mounted in a housing passing through the body in a direction substantially parallel to the cutting edge of the blade, wherein the blade possesses a slot parallel to its cutting edge and opening out into one of the side edges of the blade, while the housing possesses a partition received in the slot of the blade as it is inserted into the body, and co-operating with the edges of the slot to guide the blade in its motion parallel to its cutting edge.
Claims12
A microkeratome cutter head comprising a body and a cutter blade slidably mounted in a housing passing through the body in a direction substantially parallel to the cutting edge of the blade, wherein the blade possesses a slot parallel to its cutting edge and opening out into one of the side edges of the blade, while the housing possesses a projection received in the slot of the blade as it is inserted into the body, and co-operating with the edges of the slot to guide the blade in its motion parallel to its cutting edge.
A microkeratome cutter blade comprising a metal plate with a cutting edge and two side edges connecting the ends of the cutting edge to a rear edge, the blade including a slot parallel to the cutting edge and opening out into one of its side edges.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.