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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2015
Refocus Group, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Harry R. A. Jacobson, Nashville, TN (US);
Jack C. Griffis, III, Decatur, GA (US);
Mark A. Cox, Dallas, TX (US);
Douglas C. Williamson, Coppell, TX (US);
Gene W. Zdenek, Northridge, CA (US);
Peter J. Richardson, Buckinghamshire, GB;
Michael K. Smolek, Pearl River, LA (US);
Barrie D. Soloway, Long Beach, NY (US);
Rex O. Bare, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Andrew J. Scherer, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);
Timothy J. Payne, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Refocus Group, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A scleral prosthesis includes an elongated body configured to be implanted into scleral tissue of an eye. The elongated body includes (i) opposing first and second ends and (ii) multiple first portions that form the first end of the body and part of a remainder of the body between the first and second ends. The first portions of the body are separated by empty space, and the first and second ends are wider than the remainder of the body. The scleral prosthesis also includes an insert configured to be placed and retained between the first portions of the body. At least part of the insert, prior to insertion between the first portions of the body, has a shape complementary to a shape of the empty space.