Patent ID: 9539138
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: A61F,A61K

Claim:
1. A method of micro-incision ophthalmic surgery, comprising, in the order mentioned, the steps of: (1) injecting a first viscoelastic substance through an incision site which is to the side of the cornea filling a part of the anterior chamber opposite the incision site with discharging aqueous humor and without coating the anterior capsule: (2) injecting a second viscoelastic substance having higher surface tension than that of the first viscoelastic substance through the incision site into a part of the anterior chamber at the same side as the incision site and such that the second substance contacts the incision site: and (3) injecting a third viscoelastic substance having lower surface tension than that of the second viscoelastic substance through the incision site into the part of the anterior chamber which is filled with the first viscoelastic substance until the incision site is sealed with the already injected second viscoelastic substance.