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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2014
Applicant:
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Inventors:
William J. Dupps, Bay Village, OH (US);
Ibrahim Seven, Cleveland, OH (US);
Assignee:
THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION, Cleveland, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/39 (2006.01); A61F 9/013 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/39 (2013.01); A61F 9/013 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods are provided for treating astigmatism in an eye of a patient. An axis of greater curvature of the eye is determined. A stiffening process is applied to a cornea of the eye in a pattern defined from the axis of greater curvature of the eye.