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US 5,423,841 AGranted
Intraocular knife
OwnerMichael S. Kornefeldinventor
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Abstract
An ophthalmic surgical device is provided for facilitating a continuous, smooth, curve linear, stress-free, tag-free cut of the anterior capsule which comprises a handle, a blade rotatably mounted to the handle's distal end and a controller on the handle for manually and positively positioning the blade at a desired angular position during movement of the handle.
Claims10
A hand-held surgical instrument for use in performing a continuous, smooth, curvilinear, stress-free, tag-free cut comprising:
- a handle consisting of two opposed jaws at a distal end of said handle;
- a blade rotatably mounted to the handle's distal end;
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- a controlling means on the handle for manually and positively positioning the blade's cutting angle at a desired angular position during movement of the handle by moving the jaws relative to each other along an axis parallel to the jaws to positively position the blade's cutting angle.
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