Scleral expansion segment
AssigneeO.I.I. International, Inc.
InventorsGeorges Baïkoff, Scott Hampton
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Abstract
The disclosure concerns a scleral expansion segment of the type consisting of an arched rod designed to be placed on the sclera perpendicular to the ciliary body. The free ends of said rod have a spatula shape wider than the diameter of said bridge, so as to constitute wide support bases.
Claims6
A vision corrective element for implantation in the sclera perpendicular to the ciliary body, the vision corrective element comprising an arched segment having a length, a width, a thickness, a central bridge portion, a first end portion and an opposed second end portion, each of the end portions having a width greater than their thicknesses and greater than the width of the bridge portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.