Patent ID: 6302896
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A device for cutting a cornea on an ocular globe, the device comprising:a guide ring having a central aperture, said guide ring adapted to secure to the ocular globe such that a portion of the cornea extends through said aperture and above said guide ring;a cutting head mounted to said guide ring to rotate in a plane substantially parallel to said guide ring across said aperture;a blade carried by said cutting head and adapted to cut the cornea on a plane substantially parallel to said guide ring as said cutting head is rotated across said aperture; andan adjustable, multifaceted corneal compression member carried by said cutting head and adjacent to said blade, said compression member adjustable to vary the compression of the cornea ahead of the blade as said cutting head is rotated across said aperture, wherein the corneal compression member comprises a triangular float head.