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US 7,402,175 B2Granted
Vision prosthesis orientation
AssigneeMassachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
InventorDimitri T. Azar
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Abstract
A vision prosthesis includes an optical element having a surface that is shaped to be positioned near a cornea of an eye, and a magnetic element embedded in the optical element.
Claims4
A method comprising:
- implanting a first magnet at a first location in an eye of a patient;
- implanting a second magnet at a second location in an eye of a patient;
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- placing an optical element having third and fourth magnets on a cornea of the eye, the third and fourth magnets being disposed such that when the third magnet is aligned with the first magnet, the second magnet is aligned with the fourth magnet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.