An instrument for intraocular surgical procedure comprises a handle, a probe designed as a hollow body connected to the handle, and a core arranged in the probe, with an active element at the end for removing impurities from the eye, wherein either the probe is displaceable at least partially out of the handle and into it with respect to the core firmly connected to the handle, or the core is slidable at least partially out of the handle and into it with respect to the probe firmly connected to the handle, so that the core with the active element is completely within the probe or protrudes from the probe by a predetermined length, with an actuating device for actuating the probe or core being provided in the handle.

A minimally invasive ab interno triple surgery for open-angle glaucoma comprises knotting and fixing a suture at the head end of an optical fiber catheter; performing miosis with carbachol, injecting the viscoelastic into the anterior chamber, making a lateral incision at the infratemporal corneal limbus, and placing the optical fiber catheter; cutting the Schlemm's canal on the nasal side of the anterior chamber, inserting an optical fiber into the incision on the Schlemm's canal, and cutting off the suture; injecting the viscoelastic to expand while retreating the microcatheter, and regularly injecting the viscoelastic; making a conjunctival flap on the eye and nose side, performing anterior chamber paracentesis, clamping out the suture using intraocular microforceps, and knotting in the sclera tunnel; and suturing the conjunctival flap using the suture, coating the eyes, and covering the eyes with gauze to finish the surgery.

The present disclosure describes a three-pronged forceps. The forceps are particularly useful for removing an intraocular lens from an eye.

Devices and methods are described for electrolytically, ultrasonically, or both electrolytically and ultrasonically disrupting debris on an eyelid margin. A device includes an eyelid contacting portion having at least a first electrode, a second electrode, and a power supply electrically coupled to at least one of the first and second electrodes. The eyelid contacting portion may optionally have a shelf separating an upper portion from a lower portion with electrodes on the upper and lower portions. The eyelid contacting portion may optionally include at least one channel with electrodes. The device may optionally include an ultrasonic driver. Another device includes an ultrasonic driver but no electrodes. A method contacts debris on an eyelid margin with a first electrode and contacting a surface of an eyelid with a second electrode and supplying electrical energy to one of the first or second electrodes to disrupt the debris. Another method applies ultrasonic energy to the eyelid margin to disrupt debris on the eyelid margin.

Modular IOL removal systems and methods that cut an optic portion of an intraocular in a single motion such to facilitate removal of the optic portion from an eye through an incision, for example a corneal incision, without increasing the size of the corneal incision. Various cutting tools having one or more blades may be utilized. The cut intraocular lens may have one continuous cut or be cut into multiple smaller pieces. The single cutting step may apply balanced forces and torque to avoid damaging the surrounding eye anatomy, reducing the risk of trauma.

An apparatus comprises a vacuum portion being configured for generating a vacuum force for sucking debris. A tube extends a distance from the vacuum portion. The tube is configured for extending the vacuum force for the distance and for carrying the debris sucked by the vacuum force to the vacuum portion for storage therein. An organ engagement portion is joinable to a distal end of the tube. The organ engagement portion is configured for engaging an organ of a user for removal of the debris from a soft tissue of the organ with the vacuum force and without a use of a liquid.

The invention involves forceps having rounded grasping tips. The rounded tips are configured to avoid puncturing an amniotic membrane during insertion over an ocular surface for the treatment of dry eye disease and inflammation of the eyes and to avoid injuring the conjunctiva during removal of an amniotic membrane from the ocular surface. The forceps have grasping tips at its distal end, wherein one of the grasping tips has a notch on its inside surface. The dimensions of the notch are configured to permit an eye doctor to securely and safely grasp a lip of an amniotic membrane insert for better insertion and removal from an ocular surface.

A phacoemulsification cutting tip, including a rigid tubular portion and a flexible and expandable tip portion located distal to the rigid tubular portion. The flexible and expandable tip portion presents an axial length and an unexpanded radius and is formed such that the axial length shortens while the unexpanded radius increases when differential pressure due to an occlusion of an opening of the flexible tip portion exists.

An instrument for removing debris from an eye during the treatment of an ocular disorder has a swab and a rigid member. The swab includes a tip portion sized to provide access to the debris on an eyelid of the eye. The rigid member has a distal end portion affixed to the swab and a proximal end portion with a cross-sectional member profile. The cross-sectional member profile is non-circular and has a first groove. The first groove extends longitudinally along the proximal end portion for cooperating with a chuck such that rotation of the proximal end portion within the chuck is inhibited.

A phacoemulsification tip, including an aspiration tube presenting a cutting tip at a distal end. The aspiration tube has a tube wall presenting an internal face and an external face. The internal face supports at least one internally extending internal ridge. The at least one internal ridge presents an internal distal face, an internal proximal face and an internal apex. The internal distal face meets the internal face at an acute angle measured internally. The at least one internal ridge is structured to engage lens fragments separated from a crystalline lens to enhance proximal movement of the lens fragments and to inhibit distal movement of the lens fragments through the aspiration tube.