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US09039737B2 Fasteners, deployment systems, and methods for ophthalmic tissue closure and fixation of ophthalmic prostheses and other uses
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紧固件,部署系统以及用于眼科组织闭合和固定眼科假体和其他用途的方法
- Patent Title: Fasteners, deployment systems, and methods for ophthalmic tissue closure and fixation of ophthalmic prostheses and other uses
- Patent Title (中): 紧固件,部署系统以及用于眼科组织闭合和固定眼科假体和其他用途的方法
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Application No.: US13434562Application Date: 2012-03-29
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Publication No.: US09039737B2Publication Date: 2015-05-26
- Inventor: Steven D. Vold , Kenneth A. Peartree , Timothy D. Buckley , Aaron Feustel
- Applicant: Steven D. Vold , Kenneth A. Peartree , Timothy D. Buckley , Aaron Feustel
- Applicant Address: US CA Alamo
- Assignee: Ocunetics, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Ocunetics, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Alamo
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: A61B17/08
- IPC: A61B17/08 ; A61B17/064 ; A61B17/068 ; A61F9/007 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B17/29

Abstract:
Methods and devices for ophthalmic tissue closure and fixation of ophthalmic prostheses are provided. In accordance with some embodiments, devices for both grasping and clipping a plurality of ocular tissue and ocular prostheses are provided. Various device embodiments are provided for both malleable clips and delivery of normally closed clips (i.e. shape memory). The device may accommodate a plurality of clips which include, but are not limited to: malleable metals, absorbable, shape memory, drug-eluting, and adhesive dispensing. The clips may be pigmented to match the colors of associated tissue (cornea, iris, conjunctiva, sclera, retina) to serve to camouflage fixation clips for healing duration or permanently. According to one aspect, shallow angle access to anatomy may be provided by specialized angulation of device shaft and closure jaws that are intended to access the eye through a small self-healing cornea incision and/or any ocular tissue.
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