US 11,752,036 B2
Membrane delamination device
Reto Grueebler, Greifensee (CH); Thomas Linsi, Schaffhausen (CH); and Niccolo Maschio, Winterthur (CH)
Assigned to Alcon Inc., Fribourg (CH)
Filed by Alcon Inc., Fribourg (CH)
Filed on Oct. 8, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/65,654.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/915,726, filed on Oct. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0113376 A1, Apr. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 9/007 (2006.01); B26B 29/02 (2006.01); A61F 9/013 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 9/00754 (2013.01) [A61F 9/0133 (2013.01); B26B 29/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A membrane delamination device for delaminating a membrane from a retina of an eye, comprising:
a blade;
a first lever coupled to the blade; and
a second lever coupled to the blade, wherein:
the first lever and the second lever are at least partially housed by a first shaft of a hand-piece;
the first lever is fixedly coupled to the first shaft;
the second lever is fixedly coupled to the hand-piece;
the blade at least partially extends beyond a distal end of the first shaft;
the membrane delamination device is configured to be actuated as a result of longitudinal movement of the second lever within and in relation to the first shaft; and
the second lever moves longitudinally within and in relation to the first shaft due to an application of force to the second lever through the hand-piece.