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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2019
Applicant:
Richard Mackool, Sarasota, FL (US);
Inventors:
Richard MacKool, Sarasota, FL (US);
Christopher Dean Smith, Shirley, NY (US);
Maxime Blain, Queens, NY (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/007 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/00754 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00424 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00539 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00544 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00867 (2013.01); A61B 2090/306 (2016.02); A61B 2090/309 (2016.02); A61F 9/00745 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ophthalmic surgical instrument includes an elongated shaft and a snare configured to transition between an expanded configuration, in which the snare is sized to encircle lenticular tissue, and a contracted configuration. The snare has a section configured to cooperate with a bottom surface of the elongated shaft to sever the lenticular tissue therebetween upon the snare transitioning toward the contracted configuration.