Ophthalmic insertion tool patent with integral scleral marker
Summary
USPTO published patent application US20260090911A1 by inventor James T. Perkins, covering an ophthalmic insertion tool with integral scleral marker. The application describes a device including a housing, cannula with distal tip and lumen, retractable sheath, and scleral markers positioned at distal and/or proximal ends of the housing. Application No. 18903180 was filed October 1, 2024.
What changed
USPTO published patent application US20260090911A1 for an ophthalmic insertion tool featuring an integral scleral marker. The invention includes a housing with distal and proximal ends, a cannula attached to the distal end with at least one port communicating with a lumen, a retractable sheath configurable between a covering position and an exposing position for the distal tip, and scleral markers located adjacent to the distal end, proximal end, or both. Application No. 18903180 has no associated regulatory compliance obligations.
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OPHTHALMIC INSERTION TOOL INCLUDING INTEGRAL SCLERAL MARKER
Application US20260090911A1 Kind: A1 Apr 02, 2026
Inventors
James T. PERKINS
Abstract
An ophthalmic insertion tool includes a housing having a distal end and a proximal end, and a cannula attached to the distal end of the housing. The cannula includes a distal tip with at least one port in communication with a lumen extending through the cannula. The tool includes a retractable sheath coupled with the distal end of the housing. The retractable sheath is configured to move between a first position covering the distal tip of the cannula and a second position exposing the distal tip of the cannula. The tool includes at least one scleral marker integral with the housing. The at least one scleral marker is located adjacent the distal end of the housing, the proximal end of the housing, or both the distal end and the proximal end.
CPC Classifications
A61F 9/0008 A61B 17/3421
Filing Date
2024-10-01
Application No.
18903180
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