APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR FORMING INCISIONS IN OCULAR TISSUE
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Abstract
A surgical tool includes a surgical blade configured to be moved to form an incision. The surgical tool also includes a wire configured to cause movement of the surgical blade. The surgical tool further includes an actuator configured to shorten a length of the wire to cause the movement of the surgical blade. The surgical tool could be configured to move the surgical blade in a first direction and then in a second direction in response to a single shortening of the wire. Also, the wire could represent a first wire, the surgical tool could include a second wire, and the surgical tool could be configured to move the surgical blade in a first direction in response to shortening the first wire and to move the surgical blade in a second direction in response to shortening the second wire.
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32 Claims
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1-27. -27. (canceled)
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28. A method comprising:
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causing a first latch to release a first spring; rotating a central axle in a first direction using the released first spring to impart first directional motion to a wire wound around the central axle; causing a second latch to release a second spring; rotating the central axle in a second direction using the released second spring to impart second directional motion to the wire; and returning at least one of the springs to a location for re-securing by at least one of the latches. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32)
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Specification