Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vitreoretinal instruments for fluid aspiration
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Application No.: US15926302Application Date: 2018-03-20
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Publication No.: US11033427B2Publication Date: 2021-06-15
- Inventor: Steven T. Charles , Reto Grueebler , Philipp Schaller
- Applicant: Novartis AG
- Applicant Address: CH Basel
- Assignee: Novartis AG
- Current Assignee: Novartis AG
- Current Assignee Address: CH Basel
- Main IPC: A61F9/007
- IPC: A61F9/007 ; A61M1/00

Abstract:
Vitreoretinal instruments and methods related thereto are disclosed herein. The disclosure describes various example vitreoretinal instruments having various aspirating port configurations. A vitreoretinal instrument may include a handle and a cannula coupled to the handle. The cannula may include a straight portion and a curved portion. The curved portion may be configurable between a straight configuration and a curved configuration. The curved configuration may include a first curved portion having a curvature defined by a first radius. The curved configuration may include a second curved portion having a curvature defined by a second radius different from the first radius. The curved portion may further include one or more ports formed in the curved portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180296391A1 VITREORETINAL INSTRUMENTS FOR FLUID ASPIRATION Public/Granted day:2018-10-18
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