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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2011
Mark A. Cox, Dallas, TX (US);
Douglas C. Williamson, Coppell, TX (US);
Andrew J. Scherer, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);
Timothy J. Payne, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Rex O. Bare, Preston, CT (US);
Mark A. Cox, Dallas, TX (US);
Douglas C. Williamson, Coppell, TX (US);
Andrew J. Scherer, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);
Timothy J. Payne, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Rex O. Bare, Preston, CT (US);
Refocus Ocular, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A surgical tool includes a surgical blade configured to be moved to form an incision. The surgical tool also includes a wire configured to cause movement of the surgical blade. The surgical tool further includes an actuator configured to shorten a length of the wire to cause the movement of the surgical blade. The surgical tool could be configured to move the surgical blade in a first direction and then in a second direction in response to a single shortening of the wire. Also, the wire could represent a first wire, the surgical tool could include a second wire, and the surgical tool could be configured to move the surgical blade in a first direction in response to shortening the first wire and to move the surgical blade in a second direction in response to shortening the second wire.