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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2006
Applicant:
Masanori Amano, Aichi, JP;
Inventor:
Masanori Amano, Aichi, JP;
Assignee:
Nidek Co., Ltd., Aichi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A corneal surgical apparatus for incising a cornea in a flap shape, includes: a body portion; and a cutting head unit that is movable back and forth with respect to the body portion and includes a blade holder for holding a blade oscillationally. The cutting head unit includes a cornea applanater mounted through an applanater support for applanating the cornea substantially flatly, the cornea applanater moving forward as the cutting head unit moves forward, and the applanater support includes a movable portion for moving the cornea applanater in a direction apart from the blade holder.