US 12,232,704 B2
Endoscopic instrument for ophthalmic surgery
Michael S. Berlin, Beverly Hills, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/907,474
Filed by Michael S. Berlin, Beverly Hills, CA (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 26, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/024508
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 27, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/202313, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/199,548, filed on Jan. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/002,578, filed on Mar. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0118392 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/002 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61F 9/007 (2006.01); A61F 9/008 (2006.01); A61B 1/313 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/018 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00096 (2013.01); A61B 1/002 (2013.01); A61F 9/00781 (2013.01); A61F 9/008 (2013.01); A61B 1/313 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00982 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical instrument to treat tissue of an eye, the surgical instrument comprising:
an endoscope to image a surgical site of the eye; and
a treatment channel extending along an interior of the endoscope, wherein the treatment channel comprises a treatment optical fiber to deliver light energy to the tissue;
wherein the endoscope comprises a distal lens that defines a central optical axis and the treatment channel extends through the distal lens along the central optical axis, the distal lens configured to substantially collimate light from the tissue to form an image of the tissue within the endoscope.