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5578042 Ophthalmic kit and method for lens insertion  
An ophthalmic kit contains a foldable intraocular lens and a disposable lens insertion device in a sterile condition with the lens positioned in its normal unfolded configuration between open jaws...
5571113 Surgical probe with tips for plastic lens implantation in the eye  
A surgical apparatus useful for eye surgery, wherein an incision is made in the eye corneo-scleral tissue, and via which a plastic lens is to be introduced into an eye lens zone in a capsule from...
5571112 Method and apparatus for inserting an intraocular lens  
The apparatus comprises a loop and a tail, where the loop has a large opening and a small opening. The loop is adapted to retain the lens in a folded position while the lens is grasped with a...
5569280 Ophthalmic template  
An ophthalmic template that is used for cutting an opening in the anterior capsule of the eye. It comprises a first member that has the same shape as the opening that is to be cut. A vacuum...
5569188 Apparatus for controlling fluid flow through a surgical instrument and the temperature of an ultrasonic instrument  
An apparatus essentially consisting of an aspiration conduit, a pump, and a pressure transducer and logic console which senses vacuum level fluctuations in the aspiration conduit. The aspiration...
5562676 Deformable lens insertion apparatus and method  
An apparatus for insertion of intraocular lenses into the eye. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a loading chamber and an injection portion. The loading chamber has a proximal end and a...
5562731 Intraocular implant methods  
An intraocular implant for use in a human eye following cataract, refractive or other eye surgery. The implant has a holder and imaging optics which may be folded to a compact configuration,...
5558634 Apparatus for the removal of adherent viscoelastic  
A method and apparatus is disclosed for the removal of viscoelastic material from an eye chamber. The apparatus enables a procedure, or method, which includes the steps of directing an irrigation...
5556400 Methods of preparing and inserting flexible intraocular lenses and a configuration for flexible intraocular lenses  
Apparatus for and methods of preparing and inserting flexible intraocular lenses through incisions in ocular tissue made during phacoemulsification cataract surgery wherein the incisions are...
5549614 Apparatus for folding flexible intraocular lenses  
Apparatus for and methods of preparing and inserting flexible intraocular lenses, through incisions in ocular tissue made during phacoemulsification cataract surgery. The incisions are preferably...
5540699 Phaco-shield for protecting the posterior capsule during phaco-emulsification  
A phaco-shield for placement over an eye prior to surgery to prevent contact between the leading edge of a surgical probe and the posterior capsule of the eye. The phaco-shield includes a base with...
5507806 Multi-faceted intraocular lens  
An improved multi-faceted intraocular lens with a main optical element having a plurality of optical elements. The flexible, thin multi-faceted intraocular lens is made of an optical-grade soft...
5499987 Deformable intraocular lens cartridge  
An improved lens cartridge for use in a lens injecting device. The lens cartridge and lens injecting device define a surgical implantation device for inserting a deformable intraocular lens into...
5496328 Inserting device for deformable intraocular lens  
An inserting device for inserting an intraocular lens into the eye. An interference preventing portion is formed in a lens holding section which is provided with an opening/closing mechanism and is...
5494484 Deformable intraocular lens injecting device  
A deformable intraocular lens injection system comprising a lens injecting device and a lens cartridge. The lens injecting device comprises a tubular body provided with a side receiver and a...
5484447 Calipers for use in ophthalmic surgery  
A caliper for ophthalmic surgery comprises a pair of arms which are relatively pivotable, with each arm terminating at one end in a tip, and with the tips being movable between closed and open...
5476515 Method of making intraocular lenses with injectable collagen-based compositions  
Injectable collagen-based compositions can be used in methods to fill a lens capsular sac, following lens extraction procedures, to form a new intraocular lens. Purified soluble or partially...
5474562 Apparatus and method for preparing an intraocular lens for insertion  
An apparatus in which a deformable or compressible intraocular lens can be received and staged for insertion into a patient's eye. The apparatus has an elongated compression chamber with proximal...
5456687 Method and apparatus for inserting and intracular lens  
A method and apparatus for inserting a foldable intraocular lens into an eye. The lens is grasped and inserted through an incision in the eye with a forceps, while the lens is held in a folded...
5454818 Intraocular lens folder  
An intraocular lens folder having a generally planar, open frame in the shape of a rounded "A" with a rimmed, open head at the top of the "A." The base of the "A" forms a pair of opposing legs or...
5451230 Cataract disassembly  
An instrument to facilitate nuclear disassembly during cataract surgery includes a proximal handle, a shaft portion axially aligned with the proximal handle, an intermediate portion constructed to...
5451229 Cannula for an eye-surgery instrument  
A cannula for an eye-surgery instrument, employed to shatter the lens of the eye by high-frequency oscillation and to suction out the fragments. It accommodates a suction channel with a section...
5441045 Apparatus for deforming an iris dilator  
An iris dilator includes a body formed of an expansile material being expandable from a dehydrated first size and shape to a hydrated second size and shape. When hydrated, the dilator has a shape...
5441040 RDS speculum  
An improved speculum for increased exposure of the superior surgical limbus and stabilization of the eye during eye surgery.
5437678 Ophthalmic lens removal method and apparatus  
Apparatus for reducing the size of an object disposed in a generally closed fluid medium includes a handpiece having an axis extending from a housing at a proximal end to a probe at an opposing...
5433190 Eyelid speculum device  
An eyelid speculum device used to hold a person's eyelids open for ocular surgery, treatment, examination, or some other reason. The device has two elongated arms, each arm having one free end. The...
RE34998 "Spare parts" for use in ophthalmic surgical procedures  
For use in ophthalmic surgery, the surgeon has available a supply of "spare parts" which are artificial members, possibly simulating different components of the eye, that are suited, depending on...
5423777 Punctum plug  
A punctum plug used to temporarily close the punctal openings of the eye. The plug has a cap, a shaft, and a hollow bulb portion. The cap and shaft have an internal bore therein. A tool may be...
5417651 Punctum plug and monocanalicular probe for lacrimal pathology  
A punctum plug and probe for lacrimal pathology includes the plug having a flange, a neck and a bulb portion, wherein the flange is inclined at an angle of approximately 130° with respect to the...
5413556 Phacoemulsification handpiece  
A surgical device is provided which emulsifies body tissue, irrigates the surgical site with a saline solution, and removes fluids and tissue, via aspiration from the surgical site. More...
5405384 Astigmatic correcting intrastromal corneal ring  
This invention is an intrastromal corneal ring ("ICR") which is not uniform in dimension. It has, typically, two or more raised areas (or areas of additional bulk) spaced apart from each other on...
5403323 Method and apparatus for phaco-emulsification  
A surgical method for removing tissue and other objects from the body of humans or animals, e.g. cataracts, blood clots, fatty deposits, etc. by disrupting them but minimizing the danger of...
5395378 Eye implantable lens haptics insertion and twist apparatus  
Surgical apparatus useful for eye surgery, wherein an incision is made in the eye corneo-scleral tissue, and via which a plastic lens is to be introduced into an eye lens zone in a capsule from...
5374272 Apparatus and method for mechanically dilating the pupil of an eye  
A pupillary dilation and protection device is disclosed comprising an elastomeric ring made from biocompatible material having a groove formed therein for receiving and protecting the pupillary rim...
5372580 Gel injection adjustable keratoplasty  
The present invention provides a surgical technique and instrument kit that allows for subtle modification of the corneal curvature by interlamellar injection of a synthetic gel at the corneal...
5364405 Ophthalmic instrument with curved suction conduit and internal ultrasound needle  
An ophthalmic instrument including an elongated tube having proximal and distal end portions, a distal end and an elongated passage opening at a distal opening at the distal end. The distal end...
5354336 Method for bonding soft tissue with collagen-based adhesives and sealants  
The present invention relates to a method for bonding soft tissues. The method comprises the steps of (a) applying a polymerizable collagen composition onto at least portion of a surface of at...
5354333 Apparatus for implanting a folding intraocular lens  
An apparatus for implanting a folded intraocular lens of resilient material uch as silicone lens comprises a tubular implantation instrument for carrying the folded lens therein, and a manipulator...
5346497 Surgical cutting head with asymmetrical cutting notch  
Surgical cutting heads for use in infusion/aspiration devices for performing surgery on various parts of the body, are disclosed. These cutting heads include, a first tube, having a cutting edge...
5342370 Method and apparatus for implanting an artifical meshwork in glaucoma surgery  
A method and device which is used to insert an implant in order for treating an eye with glaucoma in order to lower the intraocular pressure of the eye. The implant is an artificial meshwork. The...
5322054 Pupil expander carrier and means for manipulating a pupil expander  
A pupil expander carrier has a block having a support surface. A first post extends upwardly from this surface in spaced relation to a first pair of spaced secondary posts. These three posts...
5320113 Instrument for protecting corneal endothelium during cataract surgery  
An instrument and method for protecting the corneal endothelium during cataract removal surgery are described. The instrument includes wire legs having curved shielding sections held extending...
5318011 Iris protector/dilator and method of using the same  
An iris dilator includes a body formed of an expansile material being expandable from a dehydrated first size and shape to a hydrated second size and shape. When hydrated, the dilator has a shape...
5312413 Instrumentation for ophthalmic surgery and method of using the same  
For protection of the otherwise sharp protruding end of a given instrument for use in ophthalmic or other surgery, as when the instrument is to be used only after it has traversed the major part of...
5304182 Apparatus and method for curling and inserting flexible intraocular lenses  
An apparatus and method for folding or curling a flexible lens and for inserting the lens into an eye. The apparatus includes a loading and folding head having a slidable tubular member for curling...
5292324 Endwise adjustable forceps for lens implantation in eye  
An intraocular lens implantation forceps, including first and second arms having handles and lens engagement blades; the blades extending generally longitudinally in laterally spaced relation and...
5290292 Sutureless human eye globe rotation instrument  
An instrument for use in human cataract or glaucoma eye surgery which is inserted into the inferior cul-de-sac of the eye in order to rotate the eyeball downward for exposure of the upper eyeball...
5283063 Punctum plug method and apparatus  
A punctum plug for blocking lacrimal fluid flow through a punctum and an associated canaliculus composed of a hydrogel material and a hydrophobic coating which covers the exterior surface of the...
5281227 Lens case with IOL folding device  
A lens case for an intraocular lens having a deformable optic, including a folder for receiving the intraocular lens and folding the deformable optic about a fold axis. A retainer adjacent the...
5275604 Contoured duct apparatus and method for insertion of flexible intraocular lens  
An apparatus and associated method for deforming and inserting a flexible intraocular lens into an eye which permits the size of an ocular incision to be significantly smaller than the diameter of...