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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 02, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hans R Grieshaber, Schaffhausen, CH;
Robert Stegmann, Pretoria, ZA;
Assignee:
Grieshaber & Co. AG Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606107 ; 606166 ; 606170 ; 604 22 ;
Abstract
An ophthalmic surgical device for pulverizing the lens nucleus in the eye and for removing particles of the macerated lens nucleus from the eye of a living being, includes a housing which supports a mounting that receives at its forward end a guide tube. Set within the guide tube is a tubular probe which has one end carrying a cutting element and another end operatively connected to a motor for rotating the tubular probe together with the cutting element and/or moving the tubular probe together with the cutting element in axial direction relative to the stationary guide tube.