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US 7,001,426 B2Granted
One-piece minicapsulorhexis valve
AssigneeThe Institute for Eye Research Limited
InventorsWilliam Lee, Viviana Fernandez, Jean-Marie Parel, Arthur Ho
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Abstract
A one-piece capsulorhexis device is presented comprising a membrane having a curved, flexible substantially discoid flap-valve member shaped to align with an ocular lens capsular bag inner surface, and at least one integral, flexible retainer shaped to align with an ocular lens capsular bag outer surface.
Claims14
A one-piece capsulorhexis device for insertion in a lens capsule, comprising:
- a unitary flexible discoid section having a peripheral region and a central region;
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- a plurality of integral retainers, each having proximal and distal ends, said distal end extending radially outward from the central region of the discoid portion,
- wherein the peripheral region of the discoid section is constructed to be positioned along an interior surface of a lens capsule and said retainers are constructed to be positioned along an outer surface of the lens capsule such that a wall of a lens capsule is fixedly positioned between the peripheral region of the discoid section and the retainers.
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