Ocular surgical protective shield
First Claim
1. An ocular shield for placement over the ocular globe, including the cornea, and under the upper and lower lids of the eye of a patient during a surgical procedure, said shield comprising:
- a relatively thin, curved main body that forms a vault the curvature of which is shaped to fit over the ocular globe so as not to flatten the cornea;
the main body having a superior edge and an inferior edge joined at a nasal end and a temporal end, the superior edge being longer than the inferior edge; and
a notch formed along the superior edge near the nasal end.
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Abstract
A protective shield shaped to fit either the right or left ocular globe and formed sufficiently large to provide maximum protection of the globe. The shield has a proper vault at the cornea to minimize corneal abrasion and is formed with a flattened area at the edge where the shield will be positioned at the trochlea which is the cartilaginous structure positioned nasally and superiorally relative to the globe. A similar flattened area may also be formed along the edge of the shield at the temporal side where there is a lateral canthal tendon. The shields may be made with a peg or handle positioned to be at the juncture of the lid closure over the globe.
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1. An ocular shield for placement over the ocular globe, including the cornea, and under the upper and lower lids of the eye of a patient during a surgical procedure, said shield comprising:
- a relatively thin, curved main body that forms a vault the curvature of which is shaped to fit over the ocular globe so as not to flatten the cornea;
the main body having a superior edge and an inferior edge joined at a nasal end and a temporal end, the superior edge being longer than the inferior edge; and
a notch formed along the superior edge near the nasal end. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
- a relatively thin, curved main body that forms a vault the curvature of which is shaped to fit over the ocular globe so as not to flatten the cornea;
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