Patent ID: 6346078
Filing Date: 2002-02-12
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A lid retractor for use in transconjuntival blepharoplasty electrosurgery on eyelids to remove or reduce three laterally spaced fat compartments on the underside of the eyelid, comprising:a) an elongated body having a handle connected to a gripper end divided into two laterally-spaced projections each terminating in a looped end that can be placed over an eyelid to enable the lid to be retracted to access lid or eye regions under the lid, b) the gripper being dimensioned such that substantially the whole eyelid can be pulled down so that the three laterally spaced fat compartments under the eyelid can be accessed, visualized, and surgically treated without having to change the lid retractor position, c) the looped ends on the two spaced projections being laterally spaced apart a distance such that, when pulling on an eyelid, the looped end positions allow access by an electrosurgical electrode to all three fat compartments without having to change the lid retractor position.