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Device for applying liquid to the corneal surface of the eye

  • US 4,758,237 A
  • Filed: 01/20/1987
  • Issued: 07/19/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/20/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A device for applying liquid to an eye, comprisingmeans forming a liquid accommodating chamber, said liquid accommodating chamber having an opening having a peripheral seal means into which an eye ball is placed which further has a vertical axis, said liquid accommodating chamber also having an edge means which limits the size of said opening, so that when a user places the eye on said periperal seal means said opening is sealed from outside and the eye corneal surface faces and extends toward the interior of said chamber;

  • means forcedly circulating a liquid through said chamber in a direction transverse to said axis of said opening, so that when the user'"'"'s eye is placed on said edge the liquid is forcedly moved by said circulating means horizontally along the eye corneal surface of the eye;

    means forming a liquid reservoir, said circulating means being formed to supply the liquid from said liquid resevoir into said liquid accommodating chamber and to withdraw the liquid from said liquid accommodating chamber to said reservoir after having been applied to the eye, said circulating means including an electric motor, an electric battery connected with the latter to provide power supply, and an impeller rotatable by said electric motor in said liquid reservoir.

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