METHOD AND INSTRUMENT FOR CATARACT SURGERY

• Main Author: ANTHONE, KENNETH D
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 15.05.2003
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; DIAGNOSIS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; SURGERY; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

A method to provide an efficient, safe, and easy to use supracapsular method for removal of cataracts, wherein a groove (52) is formed in the cataract nucleus (56, 58) is cracked along the groove (52) into two halves and rotate d approximately 90 degrees, force is applied to the proximal half to eff...