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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2017
Refocus Group, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Harry R. A. Jacobson, Nashville, TN (US);
Jack C. Griffis, III, Decatur, GA (US);
Mark A. Cox, Dallas, TX (US);
Douglas C. Williamson, Coppell, TX (US);
Gene W. Zdenek, Northridge, CA (US);
Peter J. Richardson, Buckinghamshire, GB;
Michael K. Smolek, Pearl River, LA (US);
Barrie D. Soloway, Long Beach, NY (US);
Rex O. Bare, Lake Forest, GA (US);
Andrew J. Scherer, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);
Timothy J. Payne, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Refocus Group, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A scleral prosthesis includes an elongated body having a first free end and a second free end opposite the first free end. A maximum width of the body at each end is wider than a maximum width of the body between the ends. The body includes multiple first portions that form the first free end of the body and a part of the body between the ends. The first portions are separated lengthwise along a substantial portion of a total length of the body. The first portions of the body are biased so that they maintain separation from one another without external interference but are configured to be pushed towards each other. The body is configured to receive and retain, between the first portions of the body, an insert that is configured to maintain the separation of the first portions.