California Institute of Technology;The Regents of the University of California;United States Government represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs
发明人:
Robert H. Grubbs,Marshall L. Stoller,Ying Han,Frank L. Brodie
申请号：
US16733918
公开号：
US20200214890A1
申请日:
2020.01.03
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2020
代理人:
摘要：
A surgical method of cataract fragmentation and extraction via microbubble cavitation is described. In particular, gas-filled microbubbles are injected into a lens capsule of a subject's eye, and cavitation of the microbubbles is activated by applied ultrasound energy. The ultrasound energy can be applied from an external device. The cavitation fragments cataract tissues without damaging other tissue, such as the lens capsule. Fragmented lens material is then aspirated from the lens capsule. The method can be used alone or in conjunction with other methods, such as phacoemulsification.
