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6755530 |
Retinal light processing using carbon nanotubes
Method and system for processing light signals received by the eye of a human or other animal, where the eye may be compromised or non-functioning. Incident light is received at first and second...
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6740116 |
Intraocular lens
A foldable intraocular lens with an iris diaphragm ( 2 ) for covering an aniridia. The iris diaphragm can thus be based upon a natural iris. The diaphragm essentially comprises a film, printed with...
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6712847 |
Scleral expansion segment
The disclosure concerns a scleral expansion segment of the type consisting of an arched rod designed to be placed on the sclera perpendicular to the ciliary body. The free ends of said rod have a...
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6692524 |
Techniques and implants for correcting presbyopia
Presbyopia is more effectively corrected by techniques and implants designed to exert an inwardly-directed force on the ciliary body. The force is preferably either perpendicular to the optical...
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6682560 |
Element correcting presbyopia
The corrective element ( 3 ) is adapted to be implanted in an eye in line with the ciliary body and is shaped, to exert on the ciliary body a centripetal force (F 1 ) directed perpendicularly to...
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6649184 |
Device and method for treating ophthalmic diseases
The invention provides a method for delivering biologically active molecules to the eye by implanting biocompatible capsules containing a cellular source of the biologically active molecule. Also...
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6582465 |
Integrated rigid fixation orbital expander
An integrated rigid fixation orbital expander has a coupling tunnel, an injection port, and a substantially spherically shaped expansion chamber. The coupling tunnel is configured with opposing...
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6579316 |
Segmented scleral band for treatment of presbyopia and other eye disorders
A segmented scleral expansion band adapted for implantation within or fastening to a segment of the sclera of an eye lying outside of and adjacent to the ciliary body of the eye, is formed from a...
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6558419 |
Intraocular lens
An intraocular lens for inhibiting posterior capsular opacification, or secondary cataract, includes an optic having a periphery provided with at least two sharp edges which lie radially spaced...
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6544286 |
Pre-fabricated corneal tissue lens method of corneal overlay to correct vision
This invention relates to a contact lens made of donor corneal tissue, to a method of preparing that lens, and to a technique of placing the lens on the eye. The lens is made of donor corneal...
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6543453 |
Methods of refractive correction of the eye
A method of changing the shape and/or size of an intracorneal ring in situ. The intracorneal ring can be a lens. Preferably, the intracorneal ring is made of a collagen-based polymer material such...
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6530953 |
Method of magnetically coupling a prosthesis with an ocular implant
An ocular replacement system provides a ball implant having an outer spherical surface that is receptive to ocular tissue ingrowth, including an anterior surface positioned forwardly within the eye...
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6520989 |
Extreme volume flexible integrity prosthesis
A flexible external prosthesis formed by first creating a thin walled hollow elastomeric shell of the shape required for anatomical augmentation. The interior of the hollow shell is filled with a...
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6511508 |
Surgical correction of human eye refractive errors by active composite artificial muscle implants
Surgical correction of human eye refractive errors such as presbyopia, hyperopia, myopia, and stigmatism by using transcutaneously inductively energized artificial muscle implants to either...
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6494910 |
Device for treating presbyopia or other ocular disorder
The invention concerns a device for treating presbyopia or other ocular disorders related to any eye accommodation defect. The device ( 20 ) includes a piece ( 22 ) shaped as a ring portion with an...
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6494857 |
Device for improving in a targeted manner and/or permanently ensuring the ability of the aqueous humor to pass through the trabecular meshwork
A device is disclosed for selectively improving and/or permanently ensuring the permeability for ocular aqueous humour through the trabecular formations into Schlemm's canal. A small tubular...
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6432137 |
High refractive index silicone for use in intraocular lenses
An intraocular lens made from a class of optically clear, ultraviolet (UV) light absorbing, vulcanized silicone compositions containing about 35 mole % or greater phenyl groups (C 6 H 5 ), suitable...
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6428572 |
Intraocular ring
It is an intraocular ring of open ring shape when inserting, so that it can be inserted from a small incision, and after being inserted into the capsule, by engaging the engaging mechanisms having...
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6400989 |
Adaptive sensory-motor encoder for visual or acoustic prosthesis
The invention describes an adaptive, sensory-motor encoder for a visual prosthesis or for an acoustic prosthesis and equipped with a central control unit for signal processing functions, monitoring...
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6395294 |
Method of visualization of the vitreous during vitrectomy
A composition for rendering a vitreous cavity visible during a surgical procedure to alleviate a structural disorder caused by the vitreous in an eye, and a method of using the composition. The...
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6383219 |
Implant for deep sclerectomy
The invention concerns an implant for deep sclerectomy for draining aqueous humor during surgical treatment of glaucoma. The implant is made of crosslinked hyaluronic acid and has substantially the...
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6383218 |
Sclero-ceratectomy implant for descemet's membrane
The invention concerns a pre-descemetic sclero-keratectomy implant, designed for exerting a pressure on the pre-descemetic plane and on the stroma during a surgical treatment of glaucoma. The...
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6361771 |
ARPE-19 as a platform cell line for encapsulated cell-based delivery
ARPE-19 cells were evaluated as a platform cell line for encapsulated and un-encapsulated cell-based delivery technology. ARPE-19 cells were found to be hardy (the cell line is viable under...
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6358279 |
Minicapsulorhexis valve
A mini capsulorhexis valve device is composed of a curved, flexible discoid flap-valve member shaped to align with an ocular lens capsular bag inner surface, and a curved, flexible retainer member...
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6352542 |
Intraocular lens with improved haptic and method of implanting same
Ophthalomogical implant device and procedure employing improved haptic structure, improved suture guide device or both.
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6346121 |
Ocular socket prosthesis
The invention provides an ocular socket prosthesis comprising a hydrogel consisting essentially of a biocompatible hydrophilic polymer onto which tissues can be directly sutured. Preferably the...
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6342051 |
Treatment of anoxic tissue with angiogenesis-inducing implants
A method and implantable device for treating anoxic tissue. A substrate supporting an angiogenesis factor in an amount for treating anoxic tissue is implanted so as to promote revascularization of...
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6319282 |
Capsular equatorial ring
After surgical removal of the natural lens, a capsular equatorial ring may be implanted in the opened capsular bag of the eye in order to extend radially the equator of the capsular bag....
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6309418 |
Reduced profile eyelid weighting system
A reduced profile eyelid weight longer and wider than traditional eyelid weights but thinner so as to provide a less protruding profile.
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6306127 |
Method for alteration of iris pigmentation
A method for altering iris pigmentation in a human, thereby altering perceived iris color of a first iris from a first iris color to a second iris color. The method comprises preselecting one or...
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6280469 |
Implantable iris device for the eye, and method of installing same
An implantable artificial iris device which takes the form of a thin, generally annular, single-radially-split wafer, or web, of a bio-compatible, flexible material which can be colored in various...
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6255362 |
Ocular lens material and process for producing the same
An ocular lens material comprising a polymer prepared by polymerizing a polymerizable component for an ocular lens, containing (A) 20 to 50% by weight of a silicon-containing alkyl acrylate, (B) 20...
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6206919 |
Method and apparatus to correct refractive errors using adjustable corneal arcuate segments
A method and apparatus for adjusting corneal curvature of the eye comprising an adjustable corneal arcuate segment or segments which is implantable into the cornea. The arcuate segment is a...
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6187041 |
Ocular replacement apparatus and method of coupling a prosthesis to an implant
An ocular replacement system provides a ball-shaped implant body having an outer spherical and porous surface that is receptive to ingrowth of ocular tissue and including an anterior portion...
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6156042 |
Retinal tissue implantation instrument
The disclosure relates to an instrument for implanting retinal tissue into the subretinal space of the eye. A tubular nozzle having an open end and an aperture in a sidewall thereof for the...
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6149684 |
Punctum plug having a thin elongated lip and a distal starting tip and method of using
A punctum plug adapted to be inserted into the punctum opening of an eye and into the horizontal sac portion of the horizontal canaliculus is shown. The punctum plug, or implant, comprises an...
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6149685 |
Human eye prosthesis
A prosthesis for an eye of a wearer formed from a thin film sheet sufficient to cover a portion of the sclera of the eye. The sheet has a number of sections which create the impression that the eye...
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6138307 |
Corneal intra-stromel prostheses
In the method of distorting at least one of the anterior and posterior surfaces of the cornea so as to alter the dioptric power of the cornea to favorably alter the refraction of light rays so as...
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6135597 |
Artificial vision lens system as well as artificial vision camera and artificial vision system using the same
An artificial vision lens system suitable for simulating a retinal image obtained when a subject wears eyeglass lenses. The artificial vision lens system 3 corresponding to an ocular optical system...
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6117170 |
Scleral band and method for making
An elongate elastomeric band having unitary construction which construction includes a silicone sponge differentially compressive portion disposed along the length thereof. The band is dimensioned...
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6102045 |
Method and apparatus for lowering the intraocular pressure of an eye
A method and apparatus for lowering the intraocular pressure of an eye are provided. The apparatus is a filtering implant comprising a cellulosic membrane adapted to extend from the anterior...
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6099564 |
Self-tapping pegs for orbital implants
An orbital implant motility peg comprising a means for placement in vivo in a non-drilled integrated orbital implant. The peg or portions thereof can be fabricated from titanium, a titanium alloy,...
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6079417 |
Method of altering the shape of the cornea of the eye
A method and device for reshaping cornea 12 wherein radially orientated microintubation channels 32 are surgically created in corneal stroma 30 with surgical microinstrumentation after which...
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6059828 |
Macular indentor for use in the treatment of subretinal neovascular membranes
A macular indentor for positioning over a macular area of an eye comprises a strip of material having a pair of opposed ends, the strip having a raised portion for indenting the macular area of the...
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6055990 |
Polymerizing gel intrakeratophakia-PGI
A method, materials, and medical devices are disclosed for providing an intralamellar insert between opposing layers formed in the cornea. Upon preparing the cornea by partially separating a flap...
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6045578 |
Optical treatment method
Paraxial rays and marginal rays entering the eye do not share a common point of focus in emmetropes, adults usually having a slightly positive spherical aberration. There is provided a method of...
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6026815 |
Radiopaque liquid as radiation blocking agent
A radiopaque liquid to protect normal tissue from radiation induced damage. A radiopaque liquid such as a fluorocarbon is introduced into a body cavity to protect tissues adjacent to a target...
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6001128 |
Materials for use in glaucoma filtration devices
Improved glaucoma filtration device materials comprise at least one monomer having the formula: ##STR1## wherein: X is H or CH 3 ; m is 0-10; Y is nothing, O, or S; R is nothing, H, or an...
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5980928 |
Implant for preventing conjunctivitis in cattle
A method to reduce the likelihood of conjunctivitis in farm animals, especially cattle, includes the step of injecting an implant containing an antibiotic effective against the microbes associated...
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5878154 |
Method and apparatus for image recognition for blind and severely visually handicapped persons
An apparatus enables the blind and the severely visually handicapped to recognize images by way of the tongue. Optical image information, in the form of video images, is processed electronically...
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