Patent ID: 6165189
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A microkeratome for performing a LASIK operation, comprising: a holder with a suction ring for attachment to the sclera of a patient's eye and having means for connection to a suction source; a slide displaceably mounted on the holder in a linear guiderail of the holder, the slide having a plane contact surface on a plate for contacting the cornea of the patient's eye and slideable over the cornea in a direction parallel to the contact surface, the slide containing a cutting blade with a cutting edge which is parallel to the contact surface; a first motor for moving the slide on the holder, wherein the blade is mounted in the slide for oscillating movement in a direction parallel to the cutting edge; a second motor for oscillating the blade; wherein said first and second motor are mounted on a common motor unit which is detachably mounted to the slide, and wherein the holder has a grip portion surrounding said motor unit on at least part of two lateral sides thereof and a rear side.