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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2017
Novartis Ag, Basel, CH;
Philipp Schaller, Stein am Rhein, CH;
Alcon Inc., Rue Louis-d'affry, Fribourg, CH;
Abstract
An apparatus for manipulating tissue during a procedure performed within an eye of a patient is disclosed herein. The apparatus includes a hand-held controller and an elongate member configured to be inserted into the eye of the patient. The elongate member has a proximal end and a distal end, with the proximal end of the elongate member being coupled to the hand-held controller. The elongate member also has a lumen extending through the length of the elongate member. The apparatus further includes a plurality of flexible grasping fibers extending through at least a portion of the lumen and beyond the distal end thereof. The grasping fibers are adjustable by the hand-held controller to advance or retract relative to the elongate member by altering a distance between distal ends of the grasping fibers and the distal end of the elongate member.