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Mackool, Richard

Richard MacKool

Christopher Dean Smith

Maxime Blain

An ophthalmic surgical instrument includes an elongated shaft and a snare configured to transition between an expanded configuration, in which the snare is sized to encircle lenticular tissue, and a contracted configuration. The snare has a section configured to cooperate with a bottom surface of the elongated shaft to sever the lenticular tissue therebetween upon the snare transitioning toward the contracted configuration.

Ophthalmic surgical instruments and snares thereof

A capsular retractor includes an elongated shaft, a hook portion extending from a distal end portion of the elongated shaft, a handle portion extending from a proximal end portion of the elongated shaft, and first and second grasping segments formed with or attached to the handle portion. The grasping segments are configured to be selectively grasped for manipulating the ophthalmic surgical instrument regardless of the rotational orientation of the handle portion.

Capsular retractors

An ophthalmic surgical instrument includes a housing and a snare operably coupled to the housing. The snare is configured to transition between an insertion configuration and a deployed configuration, in which the snare is sized to encircle lenticular tissue. The ophthalmic surgical instrument is designed to prevent elevation and/or tilting of the lenticular tissue as the snare transitions toward the insertion configuration to divide the lenticular tissue.

Ophthalmic surgical instruments and methods of use thereof

An ophthalmic surgical instrument includes a wire snare configured to transition between an insertion configuration and a deployed configuration, in which the snare is sized to encircle lenticular tissue. The wire snare directs light therethrough and out of a cutting segment of the wire snare to assist a clinician in identifying the location of the cutting segment during a surgical procedure.

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Richard MacKool