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Ocular device

US5192316A · kind A · utility

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20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 12, 1992
Grant dateMar 9, 1993
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 12, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61L2430/16
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An ocular device comprising a lens structure capable of being surgically associated with a living cornea to change the optical properties of the eye associated with the living cornea and an effective amount of at least one added component associated with the lens structure and acting to promote at least one of the growth of epithelial cells of the cornea onto the lens structure and the adhesion of the living cornea to the lens structure.

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