US 12,226,342 B1
Corneal cutter and method of use
Alexander Ilich Movshovich, New York, NY (US)
Filed by Alexander Movshovich, New York, NY (US)
Filed on May 7, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/656,995.
Int. Cl. A61F 9/007 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/3211 (2006.01); A61F 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 9/00736 (2013.01) [A61F 9/0017 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00738 (2013.01); A61B 17/3211 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical knife for expanding a boundary of an annular intracorneal channel, the surgical knife comprising:
a shaft section; and
an arcuate section coupled to the shaft section,
the arcuate section including a kidney-shaped appendage located at a proximal end of the arcuate section,
wherein the kidney-shaped appendage includes a top surface, a bottom surface, a convex cutting sidewall, and a concave non-cutting sidewall,
and
wherein the kidney-shaped appendage includes a cutting edge stretching along the convex cutting sidewall of the kidney-shaped appendage.