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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Laurence J. Cull, Wildwood, MO (US);
Assignee:
Bausch & Lomb Incorporated, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/00 ;
Abstract
A microkeratome cutting head assembly A cutting blade of the assembly has a nominal length and presents a forward cutting edge An applanation member for applanating a cornea of an eye includes a trailing portion having a curved section presenting an apex The forward cutting edge of the cutting blade of the nominal length is positioned relative to the apex so that together the forward cutting edge and the apex define a desired thickness of a flap to be created from the cornea such that the flap is essentially not compressed.