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US 5,181,922 AGranted
Method for indenting the ocular coats of an eye
AssigneeEscalon Ophthalmics, Inc.
InventorsMark S. Blumenkanz, Carl Wang
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for indenting the ocular coats for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. The method includes the steps of (1) gripping the eye at the intra-forniceal bulbar conjunctival surface with an inflatable tubular member having a centripetally expanding surface; and (2) applying pressure to the ocular coats to cause indentation as determined by the controlled filling of the inflatable member.
Claims14
A method of indenting the ocular coats of an eye, said method including the steps of:
- gripping the eye about the intra-forniceal bulbar conjunctival surface by surrounding the eye with an inflatable tubular member within the fornices of an eye socket, and applying a pressure about at least a portion of the bulbar conjunctival surface to indent the eye by inflating at at least a portion of the tubular member centripetally (inwardly) against the forniceal conjunctival surface to indent the eye.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.