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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 10, 1998
Menicon Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
An eye bandage formed of a soft material and having a shape similar to a contact lens, the eye bandage being worn on an eye after an intraocular surgical operation of the eye, such that the eye bandage is held in contact with a cornea and a sclera of the eye so as to cover an incised portion of the sclera, the eye bandage comprising: a central portion which is to contact the cornea and which has a back surface having a profile following that of a front surface of the cornea; and a peripheral portion located radially outwardly of the central portion and having a thickness larger than that of the central portion and a diameter which is large enough to cover the incised portion of the sclera, the peripheral portion including at least a sclera-contacting portion that is to contact the sclera, the sclera-contacting portion having a back surface having a profile following a front surface of the sclera, so that the sclera-contacting portion is held in close contact with the sclera of the eye.