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Intraocular catheter apparatus and method of use

  • US 4,578,058 A
  • Filed: 04/02/1984
  • Issued: 03/25/1986
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/02/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Surgical catheter apparatus for catheterized intraocular irrigation and aspiration of an aphakic eye, having an axially elongated tubular body along a longitudinal axis comprising an aspiration tube and an irrigation tube in double-barrel side by side relation for transport of fluid therein, each tube having a proximal portion and a distal portion, said distal portion with respect to the longitudinal axis of the proximal portion having a permanently fixed curved portion forming a compound curve means comprising both lateral curvature means and transverse curvature means with respect to the longitudinal axis, the degree of curvature means being such that during aspiration the curved extremity of the distal portion of the aspiration tube engages the capsular cortex behind the iris in the posterior chamber in the capsule of a aphakic eye, said distal portion including an aspiration port and an irrigation port, the aspiration port being located at the extreme distal portion and being spaced apart on the curvature in a direction facing away from the irrigation port on the distal end of the aspiration tube.

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