Epikeratophakia process
US4662881A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 21, 1986 |
| Grant date | May 5, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 21, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F9/0133
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A process for practicing refractive surgery on a patient's eye by grafting a donor cornea shaped into a lenticle to the front of the patient's cornea. The periphery of the donor cornea is chamfered to a bevelled edge and a corresponding slanted peripheral corneal groove is cut into the patient's cornea. The bevelled edges of the lenticle is then inserted into the groove and then sutured to the patient's cornea.
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