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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2016
Ravi Nallakrishnan Revocable Trust, Willowbrook, IL (US);
Ravi Nallakrishnan, Westmont, IL (US);
Nallakrishnan Family Trust, Willowbrook, IL (US);
Abstract
A surgical apparatus for use in assisting the performance of a procedure on an eye, the eye having a front and rear, a cornea, an iris defining a pupil, and a lens capsule behind the iris. The apparatus has a frame with a front and rear, a first portion and a second portion. The frame is reconfigurable between (i) a first collapsed state for being inserted through an incision in a cornea and (ii) a second operative state for being operatively connected to an iris. The frame first portion is configured to be generally residing within a plane in the second operative state. The second frame portion is configured to be operatively connected to an iris in the second operative state exerts a pressure upon the iris at at least a first location that is spaced from the plane to maintain the pupil in an enlarged state.