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US08236052B2 Device and method for incremental correction of sight disorders and ocular diseases 有权
视力障碍和眼部疾病增量矫正的装置和方法

  • Patent Title: Device and method for incremental correction of sight disorders and ocular diseases
  • Patent Title (中): 视力障碍和眼部疾病增量矫正的装置和方法
  • Application No.: US12607275
    Application Date: 2009-10-28
  • Publication No.: US08236052B2
    Publication Date: 2012-08-07
  • Inventor: Thomas D. Tyler
  • Applicant: Thomas D. Tyler
  • Agency: Dickstein Shapiro LLP
  • Main IPC: A61F2/14
  • IPC: A61F2/14 A61B18/18
Device and method for incremental correction of sight disorders and ocular diseases
Abstract:
A device and method of use thereof for incrementally adjusting the size and/or shape of a particular body part is provided. The device comprises first and second layers each formed of a synthetic resin. The first layer is formed of a heat-shrinkable material having a low melting point while the second layer has a melting point much higher than the first layer. Upon being subjected to energy, the first layer will shrink or contract causing the second layer, and thus the overall device, to bend in the direction of contraction. In use, the device is inserted into the particular body part after which energy is applied to the device so as to cause the body to expand, move, reshape, etc. The invention is particularly useful for treatment of accommodative disorders of the eye by positioning one or more of the devices within the eye sclera or attached to the sclera around the limbus so that the sclera and ciliary body are expanded away from the crystalline lens upon being of the device.
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