Patent ID: 6010518
Filing Date: 2000-01-04
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
An ophthalmologic instrument for dissecting scar tissue from adjacent tissue surfaces in an eye of a patient, said instrument comprising:a housing of a size to enter a space in the eye of a patient and be placed to face a scar to be dissected by the instrument,an inflatable balloon supported in said housing,said housing including a front portion having an opening, said balloon having an uninflated state in which the balloon is substantially confined within said housing and faces said opening, andmeans for inflating said balloon to cause the balloon to extend from said housing via said opening,said front portion of said instrument having a shape to dispose said housing in a position to face said scar between tissue surfaces joined by said scar such that when the balloon is inflated, said scar will be dissected and said tissue surfaces will be separated.