| CPC A61B 17/0643 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0644 (2013.01); A61B 17/083 (2013.01); A61B 17/10 (2013.01); A61F 9/007 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00004 (2013.01); A61B 17/06 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0641 (2013.01); A61B 2017/32113 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0894 (2013.01)] | 7 Claims |
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1. A method for correcting strabismus of an eye of a patient, the method comprising:
delivering an extraocular muscle clip including an upper plate and a lower plate to an extraocular muscle using an elongate delivery tool including:
an elongate shaft reversibly coupled to the extraocular muscle clip,
a muscle hook at a distal end of the elongate shaft, the muscle clip being reversibly coupled to the elongate shaft in a manner in which the lower plate of the muscle clip is coupled to the muscle hook and is distanced from the upper plate during the delivering;
positioning the lower plate underneath the extraocular muscle by sliding the muscle hook underneath the extraocular muscle;
subsequently to the positioning:
moving the upper plate of the muscle clip to an upper surface of the extraocular muscle;
sandwiching the extraocular muscle between the upper and lower plates; and
grasping the extraocular muscle between the upper and lower plates by coupling together the upper and lower plates;
subsequently to the grasping:
distally moving an integrated blade of the delivery tool with respect to the elongate shaft of the elongate delivery tool; and
cutting the extraocular muscle with the integrated blade; and
subsequently to the cutting, recoupling the extraocular muscle to the eye by suturing to the eye one or more sutures coupled to at least one of the upper plate or the lower plate of the muscle clip and by the suturing, drawing the muscle clip and the extraocular muscle grasped by the muscle clip toward the eye.
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