AU7159698A - Improved automatic surgical device for cutting a cornea and a cutting blade assembly and control assembly therefor - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
- A61F9/00—Methods or devices for treatment of the eyes; Devices for putting in contact-lenses; Devices to correct squinting; Apparatus to guide the blind; Protective devices for the eyes, carried on the body or in the hand
- A61F9/007—Methods or devices for eye surgery
- A61F9/013—Instruments for compensation of ocular refraction ; Instruments for use in cornea removal, for reshaping or performing incisions in the cornea
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
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Applications Claiming Priority (3)
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| US08/845,171 US6051009A (en) | 1996-02-07 | 1997-04-25 | Automatic surgical device for cutting a cornea and a cutting blade assembly and control assembly |
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| PCT/US1998/008332 WO1998048747A2 (en) | 1997-04-25 | 1998-04-24 | Improved automatic surgical device for cutting a cornea and a cutting blade assembly and control assembly therefor |
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| AU2002300538A Division AU2002300538A1 (en) | 1997-04-25 | 2002-08-14 | Improved Automatic Surgical Device for Cutting a Cornea and a Cutting Blade Assembly and Control Assembly Therefor |
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| US (2) | US6051009A (https=) |
| EP (3) | EP1364633A3 (https=) |
| JP (3) | JP2001517131A (https=) |
| CN (3) | CN1160031C (https=) |
| AT (1) | ATE248564T1 (https=) |
| AU (2) | AU7159698A (https=) |
| BR (2) | BR9810400A (https=) |
| CA (3) | CA2288134C (https=) |
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