Device Category Dossier

Ophthalmic scissors, anterior/posterior segment, reusable

Device Category Dossier for Ophthalmic scissors, anterior/posterior segment, reusable. Australian ARTG records, sponsors, device class — compiled by…

Ophthalmic surgical scissors are instruments used to cut anterior or posterior segment tissue during ophthalmic surgery , with two pivoted blades typically provided with finger and thumb ring-handles that cut with a shearing action as the sharpened edges pass one another, or alternatively an instrument tip with cutting blades at the distal end inserted into a dedicated handle . These instruments are used during ophthalmic surgery to enable precise tissue dissection in both the anterior and posterior segments of the eye.