Rotational cutter

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11717439-B2
Application number	US-202016884335-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 27, 2020
Priority date	May 30, 2019
Publication date	Aug 8, 2023
Grant date	Aug 8, 2023

Abstract

Particular embodiments disclosed herein provide a rotational cutter for delaminating a membrane from a retina of an eye. The rotational cutter may comprise a first shaft and a second shaft comprising a blade portion, wherein the second shaft is coupled to a driver that is configured to at least partially rotate the second shaft relative to the first shaft, wherein rotating the second shaft rotates the blade portion for delaminating the membrane. The rotational cutter may also comprise a bottom portion configured to interface with a surface of the retina, wherein the bottom portion comprises one or more curved edges.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A rotational cutter for delaminating a membrane from a retina of an eye, comprising:
a first shaft;
a second shaft comprising a blade portion, wherein the second shaft is coupled to a driver that is configured to at least partially rotate the second shaft relative to the first shaft, wherein rotating the second shaft rotates the blade portion for delaminating the membrane; and
a bottom portion configured to interface with a surface of the retina, wherein the bottom portion comprises one or more curved edges;
wherein:
the blade portion comprises upper teeth; and
the first shaft comprises:
an exposed portion configured to interface with the surface of the retina, the exposed portion having a curved back surface extending continuously from a proximal end of the exposed portion to the bottom portion; and
a second blade portion including the bottom portion, wherein the second blade portion comprises lower teeth;

wherein the lower teeth comprise a plurality of teeth between a left-most outer tooth and an opposing right-most outer tooth, wherein the left-most outer tooth has a greater height on a right side of the left-most outer tooth than a left side of the left-most outer tooth and the right-most outer tooth has a greater height on a left side of the rightmost outer tooth than a right side of the right-most outer tooth;
wherein the left-most outer tooth and the right-most outer tooth have a curved bottom edge extending between their respective left and right sides.

2. The rotational cutter of claim 1 , wherein the first shaft is an inner shaft and wherein the second shaft is an outer shaft that at least partially houses the first shaft.

3. The rotational cutter of claim 1 , wherein the driver being configured to at least partially rotate the second shaft relative to the first shaft comprises:
the driver being configured to rotate the second shaft in a first direction with respect to the first shaft causing the blade portion to slide in the first direction with respect to the second blade portion;
the driver being configured to rotate the second shaft in a second direction, with respect to the first shaft causing the blade portion to slide in the second direction with respect to the second blade portion.

4. The rotational cutter of claim 3 , wherein the driver being configured to at least partially rotate the second shaft relative to the first shaft comprises the driver being configured to at least partially rotate the second shaft relative to the first shaft in an oscillating manner.

5. The rotational cutter of claim 4 , wherein:
rotation of the second shaft in the first direction ends when a first outer tooth of the upper teeth is aligned with a first outer tooth of the lower teeth; and
rotation of the second shaft in the second direction ends when a second outer tooth of the upper teeth is aligned with a second outer tooth of the lower teeth.

Assignees

• Alcon Inc

Inventors

• Maschio Niccolo
• Abt Niels Alexander
• Grueebler Reto
• Schaller Philipp
• Jung Timo
• Wolfer Rodolfo

Classifications

• A61F9/00763 Primary

  with rotating or reciprocating cutting elements, e.g. concentric cutting needles (atherectomy cutting instruments A61B17/3207; endoscopic cutting instruments A61B17/320016) · CPC title

• A61F9/007

  Methods or devices for eye surgery · CPC title