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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2017
Applicant:
Novartis Ag, Basel, CH;
Inventor:
Andrew David Johnson, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Assignee:
Alcon, Inc., Fribourg, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/07 (2006.01); A61B 3/10 (2006.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.01); A61B 3/00 (2006.01); A61F 9/007 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/002 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 3/13 (2006.01); A61F 9/008 (2006.01); A61N 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 90/30 (2016.02); A61B 1/002 (2013.01); A61B 1/00167 (2013.01); A61B 1/07 (2013.01); A61B 3/0008 (2013.01); A61F 9/007 (2013.01); A61B 1/0057 (2013.01); A61B 3/13 (2013.01); A61B 2090/306 (2016.02); A61F 9/008 (2013.01); A61F 9/00821 (2013.01); A61F 2009/00863 (2013.01); A61F 2009/00874 (2013.01); A61N 2005/063 (2013.01); G02B 6/0008 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides illumination apparatus for ophthalmic surgery comprising a light that provides planar field illumination, as well as methods of using the illumination apparatus. The illuminators of the present disclosure can be used in intraocular refractive and vitroretinal surgery to better enable visualization of anatomical structures of the eye currently difficult to view, capturing detail that would normally be obscured using conventional illumination apparatus.