US 11,850,188 B2
Corneal lenticule extraction tool
Jose L Garcia, Fremont, CA (US); Trevor Hannon, Hayward, CA (US); and Christina Lagarto, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to AMO Development, LLC, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by AMO Development, LLC, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 1, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/372,300.
Prior Publication US 2020/0306087 A1, Oct. 1, 2020
Int. Cl. A61F 9/013 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 9/013 (2013.01) [A61B 2217/005 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tool for removing a lenticule tissue from a cornea of a patient, comprising:
an elongated body having an internal air channel;
an elongated tip extending from the body and having an internal air channel in air communication with the air channel of the body,
wherein the tip has a first portion which extends from the body and a second portion at a distal end of the tip, an orientation of the second portion and an orientation of the first portion forming an angle between 120 to 150 degrees, and
wherein the second portion of the tip has one or more orifices in air communication with the internal air channel of the tip; and one or more flexible skirts each respectively disposed around one of the one or more orifices, wherein each flexible skirt has a shape that is an off-centered cone or off-centered cup, or a shape of a part of a half cylinder.