Patent ID: 11896209
Assignee: ALCON INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 11:
12. A method for moving air away from an eye, comprising:
moving a plurality of arms to allow a plurality of retractors to retract a pair of eyelids, the plurality of arms comprising a first arm and a second arm, each arm having a retractor of the plurality of retractors, the retractor shaped to conform to an eyelid of the pair of eyelids of the eye, the retractors substantially symmetrical about a lateral axis;
fixing, by a locking mechanism, the arms into place to maintain retraction of the pair of eyelids; and
moving, by an air-flow system coupled to at least one arm, air in a region disposed outwardly from a surface of the eye, wherein the air-flow system is configured to create a rotational flow of air that moves the air away from the surface of the eye.