Patent ID: 7763032
Filing Date: 2010-07-27
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A method of forming an aperture in a lens capsule of an eye, said method comprising the steps of: forming an opening in the eye, moving a cutter assembly through the opening in the eye into an anterior chamber of the eye and into alignment with an anterior portion of the lens capsule of the eye, engaging the lens capsule of the eye with seal members in the cutter assembly to form a cutter chamber in which a cutter in the cutter assembly is disposed, evacuating the cutter chamber, moving the cutter in the evacuated cutter chamber under the influence of fluid pressure contained in the anterior chamber of the eye and applied against an outer side of the cutter assembly, and cutting the anterior portion of the lens capsule with the cutter as the cutter is moved in the evacuated cutter chamber under the influence of fluid pressure contained in the anterior chamber of the eye and applied against the outer side of the cutter assembly.