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Cataract removal technique

  • US 4,908,015 A
  • Filed: 07/26/1988
  • Issued: 03/13/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/26/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method comprising the steps of:

  • inserting a cannula through at least one of a plurality of layers of compacted material in the lens of an eye;

    injecting fluid in a volume between 1/500 and 1/10 a milliliter to separate the layers of the lens cortex and lens nucleus;

    repeating the above steps at least two more times, whereby the nucleus and cortex of the lens are decompacted; and

    fragmenting the decompacted layers of the lens.

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