SUTURELESS OCCULAR SURGICAL METHODS AND INSTRUMENTS FOR USE IN SUCH METHODS

摘要

A novel device kit is described for carrying out intra-ocular surgery in a manner allowing surgical personnel to access the interior of the eye to perform a surgical procedure or technique, but without the requirement for suturing to seal the sciera and/or conjunctiva following the procedure. The kit includes at least one entry alignment device that is configured for insertion into an eye and so as to provide an entry aperture in each of the conjunctiva and sclera of the eye and to maintain the entry aperture formed in each of the conjunctiva and sclera aligned during a surgical procedure.