Patent ID: 7901421
Filing Date: 2011-03-08
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A system for cutting the cornea of an eye, said system comprising: a frame defining an X axis and a Y axis, which frame can be immobilized outside of the cornea; a moveable member having a cutting element at a distal end thereof; said moveable member being mounted on a pivot which is movably mounted relative to the frame; and a first programmable driver comprising a wheel-coupled to the pivot, said driver adapted to rotate the wheel to move the pivot over a path; a second programmable driver comprising a gear which is coupled to rotate the movable member over the pivot so that driving the wheel and gear advance the cutting element into an uncut cornea through a small initial incision in the cornea and cut a circular boundary of a pocket inside the cornea without enlarging the small initial incision.