Patent ID: 9089397
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An iris shield for insertion through a surgical opening and into an anterior chamber of an eye during a surgery, such eye comprising an iris in such anterior chamber, such iris having an outer edge, an inner edge, and an iris width between the iris outer edge and the iris inner edge, said iris shield comprising: a flexible biocompatible polymeric sheet, said sheet, and correspondingly said iris shield, having an anterior side and a posterior side, an inner edge extremity and an outer edge extremity, and a width (W) between the inner edge extremity and the outer edge extremity, said iris shield being suitable for being temporarily placed on such iris in such eye and to thereby overlie a substantial portion of the width of such iris, including being in direct contact with a central portion and an inner portion of the width of such iris, adjacent such surgical opening such that, when pressure inside such eye urges tissue of such iris toward such surgical opening during such surgery, said iris shield interferes with such iris tissue reaching such surgical opening, said iris shield being adapted and configured to be removed from such eye prior to completion of such surgery.