Inventors:
Michael E. Fourney - Malibu CA
Ronald P. Jensen - Pasadena CA
Assignee:
Ronald P. Jensen, M.D., Inc. - Glendale CA
International Classification:
A61F 0900
Abstract:
The present invention is a system for controlling astigmatism during cataract surgery in which a microscope, having an eyepiece, a tube and an objective lens and having a magnification power of 100 times, is used which includes a length of suture material which is adapted to close a corneal incision and which is cylindrically shaped. The length of suture material has a plurality of parallel lines, which are spaced equally at very close distances in the range of 5,000 to 20,000 lines per inch and which are disposed orthogonally to the longitudinal axis on the cylindrical surface of said length of suture material. When the strain in the length of suture material is in the range of 0. 1 percent to 10. 0 percent, a reticule is disposed in the microscope adjacent to the objective lens thereof.