Intraocular device for stabilizing of a lens capsule
OwnerRichard J. Mackoolinventor
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Abstract
A stabilizer and method of lens capsule retraction. The stabilizer includes a shaft, a stabilizing bend extending from the shaft, and a shank terminating at a termination end. The bend is between the shank and the shaft and is configured to provide a hook-like configuration. A distance between a trough of the stabilizing bend and the termination end is between 1.6 mm and 5.0 mm, preferably between 2.0 mm and 3.0 mm.
Claims12
An intraocular device to stabilize ocular tissue during and after removal of a cataract comprising an elongated shaft, a bend, and an elongated shank, the bend being arranged between the shaft and the shank and defining a trough and configured so that a length between the trough and a termination end of the shank is between 1.6 mm and 5.0 mm, the shaft being longer than said shank, said shaft and said shank being spaced from each other, whereby said intraocular device is for stabilizing ocular tissue during and after removal of a cataract.
A method of stabilizing an ocular tissue during and after removal of the cataract, the eye having a lens capsule with a capsulotomy whose periphery defines a surgical opening in a lens capsule of the eye, the eye having a cornea with a periphery having an incision, the method comprising the steps of:
- arranging an elongated shaft of a stabilizer to penetrate through the incision from outside the cornea, the stabilizer being configured to stabilize the lens capsule;
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- hooking a margin of the capsulotomy in a lens capsule with the stabilizer to stabilize the lens capsule, the stabilizer having a bend arranged between the shaft and an elongated shank of the stabilizer, the shaft and the shank being spaced from each other, the bend having a trough, the shank having a termination end arranged so that a distance between the trough and the termination end is between 1.6 and 5.0 mm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.