Nidek Co., Ltd.

James D Schumer

Minoru Toh

A corneal surgical apparatus includes: a suction ring to be fixed to a patient's eye, the suction ring having an opening; a suction unit which absorbs air in a space defined between the patient's eye and the suction ring, and which variably sets a suction pressure; a setting unit which sets a desired ocular pressure for the patient eye during surgery, the desired ocular pressure having a predetermined tolerable range; an input unit which inputs a measured ocular pressure of the patient's eye; a controller which controls operation of the suction unit based on the inputted ocular pressure to obtain the set ocular pressure, and which is connected to the suction unit, the setting unit and the input unit.

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Mansfield, OH, United States of America

James D Schumer