Title:
【発明の名称】生体の眼の房水の流出を改善するための装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2003514616
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
A device is disclosed for ophthalmologic microsurgery for improving the drainage of the aqueous humor in the eye of a living being, wherein the device has an endoscope connected to a monitor screen and includes a tube-shaped probe adapted for insertion into an eye, and one or more channels co-axially disposed therein and provided with optical elements for focusing and transmitting images from the viewing field in the eye, and wherein the probe houses a surgical tool which is movable in axial direction and about the longitudinal axis so that by means of the oscillating and/or vibrating tool a passageway can be opened in the tissue of the trabecular meshwork for connecting the anterior chamber with the Schlemm's canal.
Inventors:
Scharf, Hans Georg
Robert Stegman
Mark, Werner
Robert Stegman
Mark, Werner
Application Number:
JP2001539384A
Publication Date:
April 22, 2003
Filing Date:
November 23, 2000
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Grease Harbor Und Company AG Schaffhausen
International Classes:
A61F9/007; A61B1/00; A61B1/018; A61B1/04; A61B17/22; A61B17/32; A61B17/34; A61B19/00; (IPC1-7): A61F9/007
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hiroyuki Niwa