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AssigneeBrien Holden Vision Institute Limited
InventorsArthur Ho, Jean-Marie Parel, Jukka Moilanen, Paul Mendell Erickson
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A method for refilling a lens of an eye or increasing the elasticity of a lens of an eye includes removing a central portion of the lens core through the eye's cornea, a capsulorhexis in the eye's lens capsule and a gullet extending at least partially through the cortex of the lens. The lens is then refilled with a synthetic lens material. Sufficient lens core is left in place so that the synthetic material is not in contact with a lens capsule of the eye. The synthetic material used for refilling may be selected and may be formed in a shape and thickness so as to affect the refractive characteristics of the lens. An endocapsular lenticule may be inserted in the lens to affect the refractive characteristics of the lens.
A method for refilling a lens of an eye having a lens with a lens core comprising a cortex surrounding a central nucleus, a lens capsule and lens epithelial cells enclosing the lens core and a cornea, the method including removing a central portion of the lens core through the cornea to create a void volume in the lens, creating an opening in the lens capsule, creating a gullet extending through the cortex from the opening to the void volume and filling the void volume through the opening and gullet with a synthetic lens material.
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A method of altering the elasticity and the refractive characteristics of an eye comprising a pupil, a lens and a retina, the method comprising
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A device for making ablations on a lens of an eye, wherein the lens includes an inner central nucleus, a cortex and a capsule, the device including:
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.