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Corneal heat and stretch method and apparatus

  • US 6,364,875 B1
  • Filed: 11/02/1999
  • Issued: 04/02/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/10/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Apparatus for changing the shape of a subject eye, comprising:

  • means for controllably heating a predetermined heating zone of the eye to a therapeutic temperature below a collagen shrinkage temperature, and means for controllably applying a therapeutic pressure differential to a predetermined treatment zone of the eye.

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