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US 2023/0056896 A1Published application
Cover for a probe of a contact ophthalmological apparatus
AssigneeCats Tonometer, LLC
InventorSean J. McCafferty
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Abstract
A disposable biocompatible (and preferably hypoallergenic) flexible cover for use with a tip of a probe of a contact ophthalmological instrument. The outer surface of the tip (at the closed end) of the cover is configured to match the surface of the cornea, while its inner surface is preferably dimensioned to be substantially congruent with the surface of the tip of the probe with which the cover is used. A method for use of the same.
Claims15
A disposable article of manufacture dimensioned to cover a tip of a probe of a contact ophthalmological instrument, the article comprising:
- a flexible thin film tubular body having an open and a closed end, a tip portion defining the closed end of the body, and a wall portion connecting the closed end with the open end,
- wherein the tip portion includes a first central area that has an inner surface and an outer surface, the outer surface being concave,
- wherein said article is configured to create a barrier, when installed onto the probe tip, to transfer of microorganism between an eye of a patient and the tip of a probe of the contact instrument during a contact ophthalmological examination while not impeding a measurement of a target parameter of the eye through said cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.