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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2010
Applicant:
Tushar Ranchod, Oakland, CA (US);
Inventor:
Tushar Ranchod, Oakland, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/10 (2006.01); A61B 17/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/083 (2013.01); A61B 17/10 (2013.01); A61B 2017/081 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a surgical device for closing an opening in conjunctival tissue, an instrument for applying the surgical device to close an opening in conjunctival tissue, a system for closing an opening in conjunctival tissue including the surgical device and the instrument, and a method of operating the instrument and the surgical device to close an opening in conjunctival tissue.