| CPC A61F 7/007 (2013.01) [A61F 7/02 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0004 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0075 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0093 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0094 (2013.01)] | 13 Claims |
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1. A forceps apparatus, comprising:
a first handle and a second handle coupled to one another near or at respective proximal ends via a common pivoting connection such that in a first unbiased configuration the first and second handle are spaced apart and in a second biased configuration the first and second handle are urged towards one another about the pivoting connection when squeezed together, wherein the first and second handles each have a thickness which reduces proximally of the pivoting connection;
a first paddle coupled to the first handle and defining a first inner surface;
a second paddle coupled to the second handle and defining a second inner surface which is positioned in apposition to the first inner surface, wherein the first and second paddles define a plane when compressed against one another; and
a planar debriding member extending proximally from the first and second handles and having a planar thickness which reduces and curves gently to define a debriding edge around a periphery of the planar thickness and having a radius such that the debriding edge is sufficiently configured to scrape tissue along a margin of an eyelid in proximity to one or more meibomian glands,
wherein the debriding member defines a debriding plane which is coplanar or parallel with the plane defined by the first and second paddles when compressed, and
wherein the planar thickness is relatively thinner from the first and second handles for debriding the margin and the planar thickness is also relatively thinner than the pivoting connection.
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