US 12,167,980 B2
Intraocular device for dual incisions
John Koontz, Chino, CA (US); and Eric Porteous, Corona, CA (US)
Assigned to NEW WORLD MEDICAL, INC., Rancho Cucamonga, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/274,077
Filed by NEW WORLD MEDICAL, INC., Rancho Cucamonga, CA (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 20, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/052260
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 5, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/068595, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/735,760, filed on Sep. 24, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0212859 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 9/007 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 9/00781 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ophthalmic device comprising:
a tool shaft;
a platform connected to the tool shaft, wherein the platform comprises:
an insertion tip on a distal end of the platform;
a bottom surface;
a first wall;
a second wall, wherein the first wall and the second wall intersect at the insertion tip;
a recessed portion defining a first unoccupied space between the first wall and the second wall;
a first lateral blade extending from the first wall and connecting the first wall to the tool shaft; and
a second lateral blade extending from the second wall and connecting the second wall to the tool shaft, the first lateral blade and the second lateral blade separated by a second unoccupied space,
wherein top surfaces of the first and second walls are parallel to a surface of the recessed portion.