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Ocular cannula guide

US12171688B2 · kind B2 · utility

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19Claims

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Assignee

Genentech, Inc. · US

Inventors

Thomas E. Meyer · Stillwater, US
Mark Hedgeland · Wayne, US
Benjamin L. Ko · Cincinnati, US
Thomas Anthony Gernetzke · Boston, US
Olivia Enneking · Cincinnati, US
Eric Kennedy · Wauwatosa, US
Robert Roth · Cincinnati, US
Michael D. Auld · Chesterfield, US
Jacob W. Schubert · Cincinnati, US
Samuel Ridgley · Cincinnati, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 15, 2021
Grant date	Dec 24, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 15, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61M2210/0612
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus includes a body, and anchoring feature, and a guide feature. The body is sized and configured to be positioned on an eye of a patient. The anchoring feature is configured to secure the body to the eye of the patient. The guide feature is configured to guide a cannula into a scleral incision formed in the eye of the patient along a path that is substantially tangential relative to the eye of the patient. The guide feature is sized and configured to allow the cannula to pivot laterally through a range of angular motion at the scleral incision.

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