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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2011
Applicants:
Vaclav Dusek, Bellevue, WA (US);
Lawrence Laks, Bellevue, WA (US);
Robert May, Redmond, WA (US);
Natalya Peskin, Redmond, WA (US);
Steven Wesley Smith, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Vaclav Dusek, Bellevue, WA (US);
Lawrence Laks, Bellevue, WA (US);
Robert May, Redmond, WA (US);
Natalya Peskin, Redmond, WA (US);
Steven Wesley Smith, Redmond, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsurgical Technology, Inc., Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/00 (2006.01); A61F 9/007 (2006.01); A61B 50/20 (2016.01); A61B 50/30 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 50/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/0008 (2013.01); A61B 50/20 (2016.02); A61B 50/30 (2016.02); A61F 9/00736 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01); A61B 2050/005 (2016.02);
Abstract
A thin resilient strand, such as medical suture material, extends from a stiffer shank. The strand can form a resilient hook and/or it can have an arcuate free end to engage tissue such as the interior of a capsular bag at approximately its equator during ophthalmic surgery.