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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2018
Applicant:
Novartis Ag, Basel, CH;
Inventor:
Salomon Valencia, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Alcon Inc., Fribourg, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/007 (2006.01); A61F 9/013 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/3207 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/00763 (2013.01); A61B 17/320783 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00544 (2013.01); A61F 9/013 (2013.01);
Abstract
Vitrectomy probes and methods related thereto are disclosed herein. The disclosure describes various example vitrectomy probes having a rotational helical cutter. An example helical cutter includes an outer cutter portion and an inner cutter portion received therewithin. The inner cutter portion is operable to rotationally reciprocate within the outer cutter portion about a longitudinal axis thereof. A helical shearing surface formed at a distal end of the inner cutter portion is operable to sever material entering the cutter via a port formed in the outer cutter portion.