Abstract: A medical device and method for eye surgery and method for illumination and fluid flow, particularly retinal surgery, combines a flow of infusing fluid and optical fiber illumination. The device uses a single strand of plastic optical fiber which extends through bores in a juncture device tube and needle cannula with sufficient clearance to permit the flow of the infusing fluid. The illuminating tip of the optical fiber is moved, during surgery, by loosening a cap of the junction device to release the optical fiber, moving the optical fiber within the junction device, and then re-tightening the cap to re-secure the optical fiber.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 8, 1996
Date of Patent:
March 10, 1998
Assignee:
A.V.I. - Advanced Visual Instruments, Inc.
Abstract: A medical device for eye surgery, particularly retinal surgery, combines a flow of infusing fluid and optical fiber illumination. The device uses a single strand of plastic optical fiber which extends through bores in a juncture device, tube and needle cannula with sufficient clearance to permit the flow of the infusing fluid.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 15, 1994
Date of Patent:
August 13, 1996
Assignee:
A.V.I. - Advanced Visual Instruments, Inc.