Intra-orbital implant manufacturing method and intra-orbital implant

Claim 1

Method of manufacturing an intra-orbital implant intended to be accommodated in an orbital cavity after enucleation or evisceration and to be joined to oculo-motor muscles, using a spherical core of predetermined circumference in a bio-compatible flexible, suturable, synthetic material, said method comprising the steps of (a) making two uniform identical flat strips from a micro-porous bio-compatible suturable flexible synthetic material capable of plastic deformation, each of said strips having a longitudinal plane of symmetry and two longitudinal edges the length of which is approximately equal to one-half of said predetermined circumference, mutually spaced by a width approximately equal to one-quarter of said predetermined circumference and joined to each other by two convex semi-circular transverse edges having a diameter approximately equal to one-quarter of said predetermined circumference; (b) placing said strips one on each side of the spherical core in a position in which their longitudinal planes of symmetry contain a spherical center of said core and are mutually perpendicular; (c) folding said strips around the spherical core into a conformation in which they are mutually joined edge-to-edge and complement each other so as to envelop all of the spherical core; and (d) rendering said conformation of said strips around said spherical core permanent.