Patent ID: 9011470
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A corneal marking device, comprising: an elongated slender handle, said handle having a back and an opposite shoulder, a tip extending outwardly from said shoulder opposite said back, said tip being coaxial with said shoulder and said back; a head, extending from said tip generally opposite said shoulder wherein said head marks a cornea with ink; said head having a centered aperture wherein said aperture allows a user to see through said device, two spaced apart coplanar marking blades, said marking blades being dull and configured to receive ink, and a dial including said aperture and connecting to said blades wherein said dial is visible to a user; said dial having a generally round shape with an outer diameter and an inner diameter, the inner diameter of said dial defining said centered aperture, a grip edge upon the circumference of said dial, at least one arcuate window allowing visibility through said dial, said at least one arcuate window having its outer diameter slightly less than the outer diameter of said dial and its inner diameter more than the inner diameter of said dial, said at least one arcuate window extending for at least ninety degrees of arc; a marker head including said marking blades and connecting beneath said dial, said marker head having a generally round annular flat shape, said marking blades extending outwardly from said marker head, a collar of a hollow cylindrical shape centered upon said marker head and extending outwardly from said marker head, said blades joining to said marker head opposite said collar generally perpendicular to the annular flat shape; and, a marker body, generally round in shape, having a thickness and at least one protrusion extending radially from said marker body, and at least one scale, wherein said at least one scale is visible through said at least one window.