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US 2007/0168025 A1Published application
Artificial cornea
OwnerSohrab Darougar, Dayshad Darougarinventors
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a keratoprosthesis or artificial cornea which is designed as a light weight disc resembling a human cornea. The keratoprosthesis is maintained in the eye after surgery and is preferably adapted to reduce complications after surgery such as infection, rejection or necrosis.
Claims13
A keratoprosthesis comprising a lens surrounded by a skirt, where the keratoprosthesis is a one-part construction with the thickness of the lens being greater than the thickness of the skirt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.