US 12,232,714 B2
Pupil expander assembly
Rohit Dulal, Boston, MA (US); Anand S, Pune (IN); Vrushket Barge, Pune (IN); Martin Anthony, Exton, PA (US); and Balarama Krishna Reddy Keesari, Pune (IN)
Assigned to Ambler Surgical, LLC., Exton, PA (US)
Filed by Ambler Surgical, LLC, Exton, PA (US)
Filed on May 13, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/662,212.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/466,413, filed on May 15, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0382187 A1, Nov. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61F 9/007 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0231 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0293 (2013.01); A61F 9/00736 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pupil expander assembly comprising:
a delivery device comprising:
a body having a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, and a central longitudinal axis extending between the proximal end portion and the distal end portion;
a discharge port extending distally from the distal end portion;
an expander receiver located inside the body in the distal end portion, the expander receiver having a proximal slot and a distal slot, both of the proximal slot and the distal slot extending along the central longitudinal axis, the proximal slot and the distal slot both being in fluid communication with the discharge port;
a slider slidingly disposed in the body and configured to longitudinally translate along the central longitudinal axis; and
a hook extending distally from the slider and configured to slide through the proximal slot and the distal slot and out the discharge port;
a pupil expander disposed in the expander receiver in an expanded condition and configured to be pushed distally by the hook through the distal slot and the discharge port for delivery to an eye; and
a lens attached to the body and disposed above the expander receiver.