Patent ID: 11925581
Assignee: TI INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 10:
11. A capsulorhexis device comprising:
a loop having elasticity and conductivity;
a moving member having one end fixed and coupled to the loop;
an insertion guide, which is a nozzle, configured so that, while the incision is being made in the crystalline lens capsule, a front end thereof is inserted into the incision site of the cornea; and
a housing having one end coupled to a rear end of the insertion guide,
wherein the loop is housed in the housing and, to make the incision in the crystalline lens capsule, can slide in the housing together with the moving member to pass through the insertion guide and be deployed into an anterior chamber of the eye,
wherein:
a pair of guide channels, formed along a direction in which the loop slides, is provided inside the housing, and
the pair of guide channels consists of a first guide channel configured to allow one area of the loop to slide with being pressed downward and a second guide channel configured to allow another area of the loop to slide with being supported upward.