Patent ID: 9579094
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F

Claim:
1. An iris expander for acting against a margin of an iris of a patient's eye in causing expansion of the iris, the iris expander comprising: a closed-loop, multi-segmented body which is expandable from a first state to a second state, said second state defining a larger footprint than said first state, said body being defined by a plurality of segments connected by hinges, at least one aperture, spaced from said hinges, being formed in a first of said segments with a channel extending therefrom into a portion of said first segment, said channel being embedded in said first segment such that no portion thereof is exposed externally of said first segment, wherein, with the iris expander acting against the margin of the iris of the patient's eye, said channel being formed to accommodate a portion of an instrument inwardly of the margin of the iris without the accommodated portion of the instrument contacting the iris.