Patent ID: 6328747
Filing Date: 2001-12-11
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
A device for removing a cataract from an eye, while at least part of the cataract is freeze-gripped in a solid-like state, said device including,a drilling unit for breaking the cataract,a handle connectable to said drilling unit for enabling an operator to manipulate said drilling unit within the eye,said drilling unit additionally comprising:a housing including an elongated hollow member having a first portion distal to said handle, and a second portion proximal to said handle,said first portion including a first end proximate to said handle and a second end distal to said handle, and an aperture at said second end of said first portion, said aperture constructed and arranged to be a narrow slit-like aperture having a first aperture end and a second aperture end,said hollow member adapted for communication with a vacuum pump for aspiring irrigation fluid and fragments of said cataract suspended in said irrigation fluid from the anterior chamber of said eye; anda drill bit rotatably disposed within said hollow member, said drill bit adapted for coupling with a motor.