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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2008
Charles L. Britton, Alcoa, TN (US);
Brian R. D'urso, Clinton, TN (US);
Edward Chaum, Memphis, TN (US);
John T. Simpson, Clinton, TN (US);
Justin S. Baba, Knoxville, TN (US);
M. Nance Ericson, Knoxville, TN (US);
Robert J. Warmack, Knoxville, TN (US);
Charles L. Britton, Alcoa, TN (US);
Brian R. D'Urso, Clinton, TN (US);
Edward Chaum, Memphis, TN (US);
John T. Simpson, Clinton, TN (US);
Justin S. Baba, Knoxville, TN (US);
M. Nance Ericson, Knoxville, TN (US);
Robert J. Warmack, Knoxville, TN (US);
UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
University of Tennessee Research Foundation, Knoxville, TN (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method of removing scar tissue from an eye that includes inserting a device including an array of micro-rods into an eye, wherein at least one glass micro-rod of the array of glass micro-rods includes a sharp feature; contacting a scar tissue with the array of micro-rods; and removing the array of micro-rods and the scar tissue from the eye. In another embodiment, the present invention provides a medical device for engaging a tissue including and an array of glass micro-rods, wherein at least one glass micro-rod of the array of glass micro-rods includes a sharp feature opposite a base of the array of glass micro-rods that is connected to the cannula, wherein the sharp feature of the at least one micro-rod is angled from a plane that is normal to a face of the base of the array of glass micro-rods.