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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rod Ross, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Gregory Hughes, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Med-Logics, Inc., Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/00 ;
Abstract
A medical device that can be used to cut a cornea. The device may include a head that houses a blade. The head and blade can be moved across a ring by a drive assembly. The drive assembly may also move the blade relative to the head to resect the cornea. The head may have a pair of tongues that can slide along corresponding grooves in the ring. The tongues and grooves may be configured so that the head can be loaded onto the ring from a vertical direction.