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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2012
Applicant:
Kenichi Terao, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kenichi Terao, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Asico, LLC., Westmont, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61F 9/007 (2006.01); A61B 17/3209 (2006.01); A61B 17/3211 (2006.01); A61B 17/30 (2006.01); A61B 17/295 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/00754 (2013.01); A61B 17/3209 (2013.01); A61B 17/3211 (2013.01); A61F 9/00736 (2013.01); A61B 17/30 (2013.01); A61B 2017/305 (2013.01); A61B 17/295 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00353 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical instrument for both chopping and splitting the nucleus of an eye has a handle housing a shaft mounted within a guide tube which slides into and out of the instrument to bring first and second jaws into and out of contact with one another. The jaws are planar and positioned approximately perpendicular with the axis of the handle. The bottom edges of the jaws are brought into alignment to form a cutting edge when the jaws are forced together, and separate to perform a splitting action within a cut when the jaws are moved apart.