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US 2006/0235068 A1Published application
Ophthalmological surgery colorant and delivery system
OwnerMichael Snyder, Robert Cionni +1inventors
InventorsMichael Snyder, Robert Cionni, Scott Burk
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Abstract
Improved ophthalmological surgical methods, systems and devices, employing a colorant.
Claims4
(canceled)
A method for removing a layer of material from an eye, comprising the steps of:
- a) providing in a multiple chamber delivery device components of a colorant admixture including:
- i) indocyanine green;
- and
- ii) a diluent;
- b) mixing said components to form a colorant admixture;
- c) administering said colorant admixture into an eye of a patient;
- d) staining the anterior capsule of a cataract;
- and
- e) removing said cataract.
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3-21. (canceled)
A method for removing a layer of material from an eye, comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a colorant admixture consisting essentially of:
- i) indocyanine green;
- and
- iii) a sterile aqueous diluent, wherein the indocyanine green is present in an amount of about 1 to about 4 mg per about 0.5 ml of the diluent;
- b) injecting said colorant admixture into an eye of a patient through a conduit of a delivery instrument;
- c) staining the anterior capsule of a cataract;
- and
- d) removing said cataract.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.