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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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5441040 |
RDS speculum
An improved speculum for increased exposure of the superior surgical limbus and stabilization of the eye during eye surgery.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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