Strabismus surgery apparatus and method

US5722982A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The Regents of the University of Technology Office of Technology Transfer · US

Inventors

• Rosane Ferreira · Porto Alegre, BR
• J.E. Bateman · Denver, US
• Tomas F. Scalamandre Mendonca · São Paulo, BR

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 26, 1996
• Grant date: Mar 3, 1998
• Expiry date: Sep 26, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S227/902
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A new eye hook has a groove in the muscle engaging surface to house a muscle clip. Passage of the muscle clip under a muscle in a single step is made possible. The muscle clip has a smooth upper surface on the lower jaw to minimize friction with the muscle.