Cataract instrument
AssigneeUniversal Optical Company, Inc.
InventorShu-Fong Ou
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Abstract
A cataract instrument has a tubular body. The tubular body has an aperture defined at a tapering front end thereof and an end cover provided at a rear and thereof. A shaft is received in the tubular body and has a loop formed at a front end of the shaft. Two flexible leaves are oppositely mounted on the tubular body and operatively mounted on the shaft. A resilient member is mounted between a rear end of the shaft and the end cover. When the flexible leaves are pressed, the shaft is moved forward and the loop is extended out from the aperture to attach with a cataract opaque tissue in a patient's eye. Then, the flexible leaves are released, the shaft is pulled backward by the resilient member and the loop is retracted in the tubular body to remove the cataract opaque tissue.
Claims5
A cataract instrument (1) comprising:
- a tubular body (10) having a tapering front end (11), a rear end (12), an aperture (110) defined at the tapering front end (11), an end cover (13) mounted on the rear end (12), and two pairs of openings (100, 102) oppositely defined through an outer periphery of the tubular body (10);
- a shaft (20) received in the tubular body (10), the shaft (20) having a front end (21), a rear end (22), two ring recesses (23, 24) defined in an outer periphery of the shaft (20) and near the front end (21), two collars (25) respectively secured in the ring recesses (23, 24), and a loop (26) formed at the front end (21);
- two flexible leaves (30) oppositely mounted on the tubular body (10), each flexible leaf (30) having a front end inserted into the respective front opening (100), a rear end inserted into the respective rear opening (102), a ring (31) formed at the front end and secured between the collars (25), and a flat portion (32) abutting an inner wall of the tubular body (10);
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- a resilient member (40) mounted between the end cover (13) and the rear end (22),
- whereby, when the flexible leaves (30) are pressed towards the tubular body, the shaft (20) is moved forward and the loop (26) is extended out from the aperture (110) to grip an opaque tissue in a patient's eye, and then the flexible leaves (30) are released, the shaft (20) is pulled backward by the resilient member (40) and the loop (26) is retracted in the tubular body (10) to remove the opaque tissue.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.