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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Lumendevices, Llc, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth J. Overton, Princeton, TX (US);
Rajiv Anand, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
LUMENDEVICES, LLC, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/10 (2006.01); A61B 3/02 (2006.01); A61B 3/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61F 9/007 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/0008 (2013.01); A61B 17/0231 (2013.01); A61F 9/007 (2013.01);
Abstract
A solid state illuminator can be used for a variety of surgery procedures, such as retinal surgery. A retinal illumination system my have at least one light emitting diode located on a substrate with the substrate positioned on an eye of a patient. A light pipe can continuously extend from the light emitting diode into a sclera of the eye via a cannula. A system controller may be configured to activate the light emitting diode to illuminate an interior of the eye.