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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2003
Applicant:
Shigeo Yaguchi, Yokahoma, JP;
Inventor:
Shigeo Yaguchi, Yokahoma, JP;
Assignee:
Showa University, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A rod-shaped device holds the equatorial region of the lens capsule during cataract/intraocular lens implantation surgery of patients with a weak or ruptured Zinn zonule. The device has a handle with a length of 6 mm or more and a thickness ranging from 0.01 mm to 1.0 mm, a tip bent into an acute angle, with the length up to this angled tip being 1.5 mm or more from the trough of the bend, and the bent tip having a linear branched or flat pad, with the width between the branches being 1 mm or more or the flat pad having a surface area of 1 mmor more.