Patent ID: 8388608
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A transplanted cornea attachment method comprising the steps of: (a) cutting a corneal fragment having a first diameter from donor tissue using a laser, (b) cutting a tunnel through each of the teach of the corneal fragment; (c) cutting an incision in a stroma of a recipient cornea having a second diameter, (d) cutting a tunnel through each of the teeth on the stroma of the recipient cornea; (e) placing the corneal fragment on the incision so that the teeth on the corneal fragment interlock with the teeth cut in the stroma of the recipient cornea, and (f) threading an implant through the tunnels formed in the teeth of the corneal fragment and the teeth cut in the stroma of the recipient cornea such that the implant forms a ring and attaches the conical fragment to the stroma of the recipient cornea.