Ophthalmic surgical apparatus
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1. A method comprising:
- providing an ophthalmic surgical apparatus comprising a shaft coupled to a first hook and slidably coupled to a conduit, the first hook being compressed and located substantially within the conduit;
traversing an incision in an ophthalmic tissue with a portion of the conduit and the compressed first hook being located substantially within the conduit;
slidably retracting the conduit along the shaft and away from the first hook to allow the first hook to decompress; and
retracting the ophthalmic tissue between the decompressed first hook and the conduit.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, an ophthalmic surgical apparatus is provided for retracting the capsule. The device includes a hook member that is in the conduit in a nondeployed state. However, after inserting a portion of the conduit into an incision, the hook member may be slid out from the conduit to then retract the capsule tissue against the distal end of the conduit.
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1. A method comprising:
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providing an ophthalmic surgical apparatus comprising a shaft coupled to a first hook and slidably coupled to a conduit, the first hook being compressed and located substantially within the conduit; traversing an incision in an ophthalmic tissue with a portion of the conduit and the compressed first hook being located substantially within the conduit; slidably retracting the conduit along the shaft and away from the first hook to allow the first hook to decompress; and retracting the ophthalmic tissue between the decompressed first hook and the conduit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 8)
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6. The method of 1, further comprising:
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slidably advancing the conduit along the shaft and over a portion of the deployed first hook to compress the decompressed first hook within the conduit; and removing the surgical apparatus from the eye. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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9. An ophthalmic surgical apparatus comprising:
a shaft coupled to a first hook member and to slidably couple to a conduit;
the first hook member to be received within the conduit in a nondeployed state and to be slidably removed from the conduit in a deployed state to retract an ophthalmic tissue between the conduit and the first hook member.- View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An ophthalmic surgical apparatus comprising:
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a shaft coupled to a first tissue retracting member and to slidably couple to a conduit, the first tissue retracting member to be received within the conduit in a nondeployed state and to be slidably removed from the conduit in a nondeployed state to retract the ophthalmic tissue between a fixation member and the first tissue retracting member; wherein the fixation member is to couple to the shaft. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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