WO2000040161A1 - Method and apparatus for intraocular retinal tack inserter - Google Patents
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- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
- A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
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- A61F2/14—Eye parts, e.g. lenses, corneal implants; Implanting instruments specially adapted therefor; Artificial eyes
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- A61B2017/00367—Details of actuation of instruments, e.g. relations between pushing buttons, or the like, and activation of the tool, working tip, or the like
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- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
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Definitions
- This invention relates to implanting retinal tacks using a piezoelectric driver.
- Another embodiment it relates to implanting a retinal implant with spike-like electrodes
- this tool has a restricted functional ability to tack devices to the back of
- This invention is a method and apparatus for implanting retinal tacks.
- This invention is a method and apparatus for implanting retinal tacks.
- a tack suitable for insertion into the retina is driven into the retina by
- a single, short impulse is used to drive the tack
- Electrodes is driven into the retina (or other suitable tissue which can hold the implant)
- the spiked electrodes may have a barbed point so as to facilitate
- a single, short impulse is used to drive the
- the spiked electrodes are
- the spike electrodes may have a type of
- a plurality of spike electrodes may be dummy electrodes in that
- corner dummy electrodes may anchor the retinal electrode element, which may even have the rest of its electrodes shorter than the dummy electrodes or have the rest of the electrodes as flat electrodes.
- Figure 1 shows a retinal tacker that uses an electronically driven piezoelectric
- Figure 2 shows a retinal tacker that uses a remote impulse driver connected by a tube
- Figure 3 shows a retinal implant tacker, for an implant with spiked electrodes, that uses an electronically driven piezoelectric crystal
- Figure 4 shows a retinal implant tacker, for an implant with spiked electrodes, which
- Figure 5a shows a barb similar to a retinal tack for use with the spiked electrodes
- Figure 5b shows a barb similar to a fishhook for use with the spiked electrodes
- Figure 6a shows a plurality of dummy non-working electrodes that extend beyond the
- Figure 6b shows a plurality of dummy non- working electrodes that extend
- This invention is a method and apparatus for implanting retinal tacks and into the
- FIG. 3 shows a retinal tacker that uses a piezoelectric crystal (3) electrically driven by
- the electrical or electronics unit (1) also
- the piezoelectric crystal undergoes a constriction-
- piezoelectric crystal (3) is set into a vibrating motion that is mechanically coupled, by
- a mechanical system (5) in Fig. 1 or Fig. 2, holds a retinal tack (6).
- the tack is
- the material used must be sufficiently non-reactive with the back of the eyeball (sclera)
- tack is implanted, as well as the retina itself, and the vitreous humor fluid of
- the tack is inserted into the eye with the holder and placed against the retinal
- the vibrating crystal is mechanically coupled to the tack (6) and allows the surgeon to insert the tack (6) into the retina (9) with less force.
- the vibrations allow the
- the vibrations make it easier to insert the tack into the sclera, since the relaxation time of the organic tissues is shorter for breaking and longer for bending.
- each vibration is a short movement, the high rate of vibration results in effectively a longer, but individually for each vibration, a quick cutting action.
- Figure 3 illustrates the piezo-electric driver (Figure 1) for a retinal tack ( Figure 1,
- the head (21) of a retinal tack (5) is mounted on or near the center of the retinal implant
- the holder (5) fits the head-of-tack fitting (21) and the operation is similar to driving a single tack.
- One embodiment of this invention uses four arms (22) to steady the four corners of a rectangular shaped back surface of the electrode element (20).
- the electrode element (20) is shown
- a plurality of spike electrodes may be dummy electrodes in that they function only as mechanical anchors, and do not function as electrodes.
- four comer dummy electrodes may anchor the retinal electrode element, which may even have the rest of its electrodes shorter than the dummy electrodes or have the rest of the electrodes as flat electrodes.
- Figure 2 shows a retinal tacker that uses a piston (7) electrically driven by electrical
- circuitry (12) is turned on causing a piston (7) to impact hydraulic fluid (10) in a thin tube (8).
- the sudden impulse of the piston (7) is transmitted to the tack (6) being held in its tack holder (5). This sudden impulse drives the tack (6) into the retinal wall (9).
- the sudden impulse is such that a large amount of force is transmitted in a very short time. Consequently the tack is forced into the desired organic tissue and
- Figure 4 illustrates the hydrauUc driver ( Figure 2) for a retinal tack ( Figure 2, (6)) applied to the retinal implant (20) with spike electrodes (23).
- the head (21) of a retinal tack ( Figure 2, (6)) is mounted on or near the center of the retinal
- the implant (20) The holder (5) fits the head-of-tack fitting (21) and the operation is similar to driving a single tack ( Figure 2, (6)). However, the large number of spike electrodes (23) can require either a larger voltage input into the piston driving circuitry
- One embodiment of this invention uses four
- the electrode element (20) is shown with a curvature so as to conform to the curvature of the retina (9).
- Figure 5 a shows a barb (51) similar to a retinal tack.
- the tack-type barb (51) is formed as part of the spike electrode (52).
- Figure 5b shows a barb (53) similar to a fishhook
- the fishhook-type barb (53) is formed as part of the retinal element's spike electrodes (52). The barb help the electrode stay anchored in the tissue in which it has been driven by one of the embodiments of this retinal tacker invention.
- spike electrodes may be dummy electrodes in that they function only as mechanical
- corner dummy electrodes (611) may anchor the retinal electrode element (20), which may even have the rest of its electrodes (612) shorter than the dummy electrodes (611)
- the head-of-tack fitting (21) is also shown with the retina (9).
- the retinal tack or the spike electrode with its barb may attach a retinal electrode element in an epiretinal or subretinal position. It may attach other items and the retina as well as a retinal electrode element or other eye implantable element to the back of
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