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US 2006/0190004 A1Published application
Cutting device
OwnerManfred Dick, Eckhard Schroeder +1inventors
InventorsManfred Dick, Eckhard Schroeder, Martina Wilke
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Abstract
A cutting device for removing an epithelium flap from an eye in a simple and safe that includes a rotation-symmetric cutting body with a cutting edge and a cavity with a bearing surface for the epithelium flap, as well as a device for fixing the epithelium flap onto the bearing surface.
Claims19
1-18. (canceled)
A cutting device for removing an epithelial flap from an eye, comprising:
- an essentially rotation-symmetrical cutting element having a cutting edge and a free space;
- a bearing surface for the epithelial flap;
- and
- a fixing device configured to fix the epithelial flap to the bearing surface.
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A method for removing of an epithelial flap from an eye, the method comprising:
- making of an incision in the epithelium to approximately a depth of a Bowman's membrane of the eye using a cutting device;
- fixing the epithelial flap to the cutting device;
- and
- removing the epithelial flap using the cutting device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.