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4275733 |
Ophthalmological surgical instrument
The ophthalmological surgical instrument of the present invention is used for stabilizing a patient's eye to prevent inward collapse during ophthalmic surgery. The instrument generally includes a...
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4257406 |
Iris retractor and pupil dilator
An instrument for use in ophthalmic surgery to retract the iris and provide optimal dilation of the pupil in a facile, atraumatic, and thoroughly controllable fashion. The instrument includes a...
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4251887 |
Posterior chamber capsular lens implant and method for implantation of the lens
A posterior chamber capsular lens implant and apparatus for implantation of the lens are utilized in a surgical method following a capsulectomy to remove a cataract impaired natural lens. The lens...
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4214585 |
Tool for surgical implantation of an intraocular lens
An intraocular lens for surgical implantation in the eye includes a lens body, posterior loops extending from the lens body for orienting the lens body in the eye's anterior chamber and a novel...
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4198980 |
Intraocular lens inserting tool
An artificial intraocular lens system is provided with posterior and anterior tabs adapted to receive and hold a pin substantially perpendicularly therebetween. Said lens system allows for the...
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4190049 |
Posterior lens implant tool
A posterior lens implant tool for use in combination with an intraocular lens for implantation in the posterior chamber of the human eye. The intraocular lens includes a plano-convex lens, which is...
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4173980 |
Corneal resurfacing apparatus and method
Apparatus for abrading the anterior surface of the cornea, including a headrest to hold the patient's head stationary, means for fixing the eye whose cornea is to be surfaced, a grinding lap or...
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4170661 |
Method of treating intraocular lens and the like
A method of treating an intraocular lens or ophthalmic surgical tool with a water-soluble adherent film forming material, such as polyvinyl alcohol, in a liquid media after which the liquid media...
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4168707 |
Control apparatus for microsurgical instruments
An automated electronic microsurgical control system is disclosed which is capable of performing the various aspiration functions customarily performed manually by a surgical assistant. The system...
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4167944 |
Rotatable surgical cutting instrument with improved cutter blade wear
A cutter body for a surgical instrument having at least one blade surface thereon which rotates relative to a fixed blade surface. The cutter body is shaped to minimize the stress and wear of the...
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4157859 |
Surgical microscope system
A surgical microscope apparatus and method for using the same for use while suturing an incision in the cornea for reconfiguring the cornea to a spherical surface having a radius of curvature of a...
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4147167 |
Ophthalmic prosthesis implant instrument
An ophthalmic prosthesis implant to be used as a replacement and cosmetic correction for the loss of an eye due to injury or illness and to replace the orbital cavity formally occupied by the...
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4136406 |
Intraocular lens with attached disposable instrument
A disposable tool is disclosed for use in intraocular implantation of a pseudophakos (artificial intraocular lens) having a lens, posterior iris clips and an anterior fastening clasp for insertion...
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4135516 |
Delivery apparatus and method for treatment of intralenticular cataracts with exogenous enzymes
An enzymatic intralenticular cataract treatment method for removal of nuclear cortical and subcapsular regions of the cataractous lens through enzymatic digestion thereof, which comprises...
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4124905 |
Artificial intraocular lens system
An artificial intraocular lens system is provided with posterior and anterior tabs adapted to receive and hold a pin substantially perpendicularly therebetween. Said lens system allows for the...
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4122556 |
Intra-ocular lens
The invention contemplates improved techniques for making lens implants for use in ophthalmological surgery, the lens being a replacement for a cataract-clouded natural lens, and the replacement...
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4117843 |
Surgical operating system with upper pressure limit
A system for controlling the infusion of fluid to an operating field at a selected predetermined pressure, as a counterpart to an instrument for severing material of an object in the field, and for...
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4077411 |
Keratoplasty device
Apparatus for aiding eye corneal tissue transplant including a "Teflon" base with a flat platform and a central semispherical post to which a ring or rings are spring-loaded to secure the donated...
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4065816 |
Surgical method of using a sterile packaged prosthesis
A method is provided for packaging a prosthetic device for surgical use. The method includes detachably coupling a support to the device, cleaning substantially all of the foreign material from the...
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4061146 |
Tissue macerating instrument
There is disclosed a surgical tissue macerating and removal tool having a rotating rod with a cutting member at one end and disposed in a tube which itself is disposed coaxially in an extension of...
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4053953 |
Posterior chamber artificial intraocular lens with retaining means and instruments for use therewith adapted to provide extraocular confirmation of operative engagement
Artificial intraocular lenses comprise an optical zone portion for implanting in the posterior chamber of an eye, posts extending from said optical zone portion through the iris into the anterior...
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4047532 |
Vacuum forcep and method of using same
A suction forcep used to grasp an artificial lens and implant same in the human eye following cataract surgery comprises a smooth, flexible suction head mounted on a stem-like handle connected to a...
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4037589 |
Ocular surgical system
A system for retracting and retaining the iris of the eye in a dilated position and which is composed of two basic components. The first component is a speculum for maintaining the eyelids apart...
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4035850 |
Method and apparatus for inserting soft prosthesis
A method and apparatus for inserting a soft pliable prosthesis, such as a mammary prosthesis, into a human body through an incision. A prosthesis to be inserted is contained in an open mouthed...
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4033349 |
Corneal seal device
A corneal seal device is provided which, when placed in an incision in the eye, permits the insertion of a surgical tool or instrument through the device into the eye. The device includes a seal...
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4024866 |
Surgical apparatus for removal of tissue
Defective or unwanted tissue is removed such as from the lens of an eye by directing a pulsating high velocity liquid jet onto the defecting tissue to disintegrate the tissue and sucking the liquid...
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4002169 |
Method and apparatus for performing surgery without tissue incision
The introduction of surgical instruments into an animal body is effected, without tissue incision, by migrating a specially constructed hollow needle into the body behind a rotary augering tool...
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3996935 |
Surgical-type method for removing material
The invention deals with surgical methods for the removal of tissue and other objects from the body of humans or animals, for example, foreign objects from the eye, including blood clots and the...
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3994297 |
Ophthalmic instrument
An improved ophthalmic instrument for removing vitreous and the like from the eye is provided having a smooth, unobstructed exterior surface for easy handling. The air pressure connection, vacuum...
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3990453 |
Apparatus for cataract surgery
A cutting tip for a rotary motor-driven cutting instrument for cataract surgery consists of a hollow stationary tube and a tubular cutter journaled therein and projecting therefrom, the cutting tip...
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3986214 |
Surgical method of fixation of artificial eye lenses
A surgical method of fixation of artificial eye lenses formed as an optic lens with supporting members intended for being passed through apertures in the periradicular zone of the iris, which...
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3976077 |
Eye surgery device
An ophthalmic surgical device including a housing having an extension sleeve projecting from one end thereof. A rotary shaft, having helical threads at one end thereof, which threads terminate in a...
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3957035 |
Ophthalmological device useful for eye surgery
A device for ophthalmological examination and treatment of the fundus of the eye comprises a fitting removably mounted on an ophthalmoscope and a probe which is carried by the fitting. The probe...
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3949750 |
Punctum plug and method for treating keratoconjunctivitis sicca (dry eye) and other ophthalmic aliments using same
A plug of suitable dimension and material is removably inserted into the upper and/or lower punctal apertures of the eye to block the opening and the attendant canaliculus so as to thereby prevent...
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3942519 |
Method of ultrasonic cryogenic cataract removal
Ultrasonic and cryogenic instrumentation for the removal of unwanted tissue material from an animal, such as a human, and more particularly, adapted for the removal of cataracts, in surgical...
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3937222 |
Surgical instrument employing cutter means
A surgical instrument including a cutter for removing objects from the body of a human or animal in vivo, such as the lens in the eye, in which a rotatable cutter is used having a shield through...
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3913148 |
Intraocular lens apparatus
An intraocular lens apparatus for insertion into a posterior chamber adjacent the iris of an eye. The apparatus includes a lens having a front face, a central portion and an outer periphery and a...
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3910618 |
Contact lens applicator
A contact lens applicator that provides a deformable, resilient transparent, cup, the edge of which when compressed and applied to tissues surrounding the eye, spreads them, so that the eye is...
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3908661 |
Surgical instruments
A surgical instrument for capturing and fragmenting lens material in an eye, during extracapsular cataract surgery.
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3906954 |
Ophthalmic liquifaction pump
A surgical tissue macerating and removal tool is disclosed wherein a rotating member having a cutting tip is utilized. When the instrument is to be used in an eye, a treatment fluid is supplied to...
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3884238 |
Apparatus for intraocular surgery
A pneumatically operated intraocular surgery apparatus which is of very light weight and small size, the cutting device inserted into the eye consisting of concentric tubes having a diameter of 1...
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3882872 |
Method and apparatus for cataract surgery
A method for performing cataract surgery by slicing or shearing thin layers of cataractous tissue with a surgical probe incorporating a very small diameter tip which performs as a rotary cutter. In...
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3828787 |
COLLET FOR HOLDING HEART VALVE
A holder for a pivoting disc heart valve used to implant the valve in a heart. The holder has an elongated handle carrying a disposable collet. The collet has a body adapted to be releasably...
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3809092 |
CONTACT LENS FOR VIEWING FLUORESCENT EYE TISSUE
During eye surgery, particularly cataract removal, visibility of lens and capsule tissue in the eye is enhanced by placing on the cornea a contact lens having a color near the ultraviolet end of...
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3743337 |
CONTACT LENS INSERTER
Apparatus for supporting and positioning a contact lens to facilitate applying the lens to the eye. The lens is supported on a receptacle by fluid surface tension. A beam of light passing through...
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3732858 |
APPARATUS FOR REMOVING BLOOD CLOTS, CATARACTS AND OTHER OBJECTS FROM THE EYE
The invention deals with surgical instrumentation for the removal of generally foreign objects from the eye, including blood clots and the lens of the eye, by inserting a pair of jaws for engaging...
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3693613 |
SURGICAL HANDPIECE AND FLOW CONTROL SYSTEM FOR USE THEREWITH
A flow control system is used in conjunction with a surgical handpiece for the removal of unwanted material in a very small enclosed operative site in which it is very critical to maintain a...
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3618594 |
ULTRASONIC APPARATUS FOR RETINAL REATTACHMENT
The method and apparatus relate to performing surgical operations on the eye in vivo, including retina reattachment by the insertion of an ultrasonic probe within the eye.
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3490455 |
SURGICAL DEVICE
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3409013 |
Instrument for inserting artificial heart valves
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