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US 2014/0350532 A1Published application
Steerable laser probe
AssigneeKatalyst Surgical, LLC
InventorsGregg D. Scheller, Matthew N. Zeid
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Abstract
A steerable laser probe may include a handle, an actuation structure of the handle, a housing tube, a flexible tube, an optic fiber, and a wire having a pre-formed curve. The flexible tube may be disposed within the housing tube wherein a distal end of the flexible tube projects out from a distal end of the housing tube. The optic fiber may be disposed within an inner bore of the handle, the housing tube, and the flexible tube. The wire may be disposed within the housing tube.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- aiming a distal end of an optic fiber at a first photocoagulation target within an inner eye;
- decompressing an actuation structure of a handle;
- reducing an amount of force applied to an actuation platform of the handle by at least one inverted actuation joint of the actuation structure;
- curving the optic fiber within the inner eye;
- and
- aiming the distal end of the optic fiber at a second photocoagulation target within the inner eye.
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A method comprising:
- aiming a distal end of an optic fiber at a first photocoagulation target within an inner eye;
- compressing an actuation structure of a handle;
- applying a force to an actuation platform of the handle by at least one inverted actuation joint of the actuation structure;
- straightening the optic fiber within the inner eye;
- and
- aiming the distal end of the optic fiber at a second photocoagulation target within the inner eye.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.