Scleral buckles for sutureless retinal detachment surgery
AssigneeThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
InventorsYau Wing Vincent Lee, Shun-Chui Dennis Lam, Ta Li David Liu, Chi Lai Li
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Abstract
A set formed of a scleral buckle and an encircling band is provided for use in connection with retinal detachment surgery to enable the implantation of both the scleral buckle and encircling band free of any suture. A self-assembling scleral buckle-encircling band combination is secured in place by surface scleral tunnels operative as belt loops to enable the securing of a scleral buckle and encircling band on the eyeball to exert an intended indentation effect for treatment of retinal detachment.
Claims25
A device for treatment of retinal detachment in an eye, the eye having a scleral wall, the device comprising:
- a main scleral buckle configured to be implanted over a retinal break at a retinal detachment repair site;
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- a band for encircling the eye and configured to fit through a plurality of slits around a scleral wall forming shallow tunnels in the scleral wall;
- the main scleral buckle and the encircling band having a fastening mechanism to secure the main scleral buckle with the encircling band with pressure on the scleral wall without sutures.
A method of treating retinal detachment, comprising:
- causing surface incisions in the outer surface of the scleral wall of a subject's eye to create nonpenetrating slits forming tunnels for receiving an encircling band;
- implanting upon the subject's eye at least one main scleral buckle over a retinal detachment repair site on the scleral wall;
- attaching the encircling band to the main scleral buckle;
- threading the encircling band through the slits;
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- securing the encircling band and the main scleral buckle together to apply pressure to repair retinal detachment without suturing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.