Patent ID: 9744075
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F

Claim:
1. A method of performing cataract surgery comprising: making an incision in an eye; inserting a cutting tip of a stamping instrument into an anterior capsule of the eye, the cutting tip comprising a curvilinear cutting band and a support structure; aligning the cutting tip over the anterior capsule, and pressing the cutting tip into the anterior capsule to create a curvilinear incision in the capsule, the incision having a first and a second tab defined by curvature of the cutting band; removing the cutting tip of the instrument from the eye; grasping the first tab and tearing the anterior capsule to create an opening in the capsule and remove the tab from the eye; grasping the second tab and tearing the anterior capsule to enlarge the opening in the capsule and remove the tab from the eye, the opening forming a capsulorhexis; removing a natural lens of the eye from within the lens capsule; and inserting a prosthetic lens into the anterior capsule; wherein only a single stamping instrument having a cutting band with a single sharpened serrated edge is pressed into the anterior capsule.