Patent ID: 9265657
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F

Claim Text:
1. An instrument comprising: a handle having a handle distal end and a handle proximal end; a handle base of the handle; an actuation structure of the handle, the actuation structure having an actuation structure distal end, an actuation structure proximal end, and a plurality of actuation arms; an actuation ring of the handle having an actuation ring distal end and an actuation ring proximal end wherein the actuation ring proximal end is fixed to the actuation structure distal end and wherein a compression of the actuation structure is configured to extend the actuation ring relative to the actuation structure proximal end; a housing tube platform of the handle having a housing tube platform distal end and a housing tube platform proximal end; a platform base of the handle, the platform base disposed between the actuation structure proximal end and the handle distal end; an actuation mechanism guide of the platform base; an actuation mechanism housing disposed in the actuation ring; an actuation mechanism disposed within the actuation mechanism housing wherein the compression of the actuation structure is configured to actuate the actuation mechanism along the actuation mechanism guide away from the handle proximal end and towards the handle distal end; a single housing tube having a housing tube distal end and a housing tube proximal end, the housing tube having dimensions configured to perform ophthalmic surgical procedures wherein the housing tube proximal end is disposed within the housing tube platform and wherein the housing tube proximal end is fixed within the housing tube platform; a first housing tube portion of the housing tube having a first stiffness; a plurality of slits of the first housing tube portion; a second housing tube portion of the housing tube having a second stiffness wherein the second stiffness is greater than the first stiffness; and an optic fiber having an optic fiber distal end and an optic fiber proximal end, the optic fiber within an inner bore of the handle and the housing tube wherein the optic fiber distal end is adjacent to the housing tube distal end.