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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2024
Centricity Vision, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Christopher Guild Keller, El Cerrito, CA (US);
Centricity Vision, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for manufacturing a super elastic nitinol ring. The method includes compressing a nitinol wire on a first side and a second side to produce permanently flattened edges and cutting off a portion of the nitinol wire on a third side and a fourth side to produce flattened edges. The method includes producing a modified nitinol wire with a rectangular cross section formed by the flattened edges on the four sides, bending the modified nitinol wire into a ring shape such that a first end of the modified nitinol wire aligns with a second end of the modified nitinol wire; and permanently coupling the first end to the second end to produce a nitinol ring. The nitinol ring is coupled to a capsulotomy device such that the nitinol ring, upon receiving current flow from the capsulotomy device, produces heat sufficient to cut tissue in contact with the nitinol ring.