Patent ID: 6641589
Filing Date: 2003-11-04
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A surgical lens to prevent retinopathy caused by microscope illumination during ophthalmic surgery, which surgical lens is placed on a patient's eye, over the cornea, comprising;a transparent lens portion made of a soft material and having a concave surface simulating a human corneal surface, said concave surface to be placed over the cornea; at least one haptic that is made of a soft material, extends from the lens portion, and has a surface for facing a human sclera that simulates a human scleral radius; and at least one aperture formed by the haptic and the lens portion to expose an exterior portion of the ocular surface within an over-all area defined by the lens, wherein only said surface of the lens portion and said surface of the at least one haptic contact the eye.