Patent ID: 11510775

Abstract:
Corneal implant (1) designed for correcting irregularities of the corneal curvature of a subject, the implant (1) having a generally dome-shaped structural body (2) configured to impose a regular curvature to the corneal portions designed to be in contact with the implant, wherein the structural body comprises an outer peripheral ring (10) and an inner reticular structure (20), wherein the inner reticular structure (20) comprises at least one first and one second series of beams (21, 22) intersecting each other, the beams (21) of the first series having a respective first end (31) connected to the outer peripheral ring (10), wherein the total area of void portions (24) within the meshes of the reticular structure (20) is between 50 and 99.9% of the surface area of the reticular structure (20).