Patent ID: 7854742

Claim:
A method for making an incision in scleral tissue of an eye to form a scleral pocket to receive a scleral prosthesis, the method comprising the steps of: placing on the scleral tissue of the eye a surgical blade of a surgical tool, the surgical blade capable of being rotated by the surgical tool through the scleral tissue of the eye to make the incision; holding the scleral tissue to restrain movement of the scleral tissue; rotating the surgical blade in a forward direction to cause the surgical blade to pass through the scleral tissue to form the incision, wherein rotating the surgical blade in the forward direction causes a tip of the surgical blade to enter into the scleral tissue of the eye at a first location, travel through the scleral tissue of the eye, and exit the scleral tissue of the eye at a second location during a single partial revolution of the surgical blade in the forward direction; and rotating the surgical blade in a reverse direction to remove the surgical blade from the incision.