Corneal implant

Abstract

A precursor (100) for corneal implant (1) comprising a structural body (2), the structural body (2) comprising an outer peripheral ring (10), an inner peripheral ring (11), and a connection structure (20) pre-arranged to connect the outer peripheral ring (10) and the inner peripheral ring (11), wherein said outer peripheral ring (10), said inner peripheral ring (11) and said connection structure (20) lie in one and the same plane, and wherein said outer peripheral ring (10) and said inner peripheral ring (11) lie at a first distance apart. The connection structure is designed to undergo a deformation to obtain a predefined dome-like conformation of said structural body (2), wherein said outer peripheral ring (10) lies in a first plane and said inner peripheral ring (11) lies in a second plane distinct from and parallel to said first plane and at a second distance apart from said outer peripheral ring (10) greater than said first distance. The connection structure (20) comprises at least one connection element (23) for connecting the outer peripheral ring to the inner peripheral ring that extends along a profile (22) that deviates from a connection path of minimum length, equal to said first distance, so as to have a length in excess of said first distance that is such as to cover said second distance between said outer peripheral ring and said inner peripheral ring in said dome-like conformation of said structural body.

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