Patent ID: 9579190
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: A61F

Claim:
1. An implanting device for an intrastromal prosthesis that introduces, without forceps, a segment or ring onto an inside of an intrastromal tunnel made in a patient's cornea by a femtosecond laser technique, the implanting device comprising: a ring holder comprising a clamp configured to support the segment or ring to be inserted into the intrastomal tunnel; a cylinder base having a hollow cylindrical shape and first and second cylinder ends, wherein the first cylinder end is structured for attachment to the ring holder; a rotatable impeller tip device, comprising an impeller tip arm supporting an impeller tip, being joined to the first cylinder end and over the ring holder; a protective element arranged to protect the clamp that is positionable over the rotatable impeller tip device; a block cover, arranged on the second cylinder end; and a rod, which projects from the block cover and into the cylinder base to run along an inside wall of the cylinder base, having a free end with a recess that separates a first wall configured to concurrently move the clamp and the impeller tip arm in a first direction and a second wall configured to move the clamp relative to the impeller tip arm in a second direction opposite the first direction.