Host cornea marking device

Claim 1

A host cornea marking device for providing marks on a recipient cornea bed of a corneal transplant patient, said cornea bed having a cutout section, said host cornea marking device comprising: an outer tube having a plurality of marking blades at one of opposite axial ends thereof which is adapted to face the recipient cornea bed, said marking blades being spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction of said outer tube; an inner tube which is received in said outer tube, such that said inner tube is axially slidable relative to the outer tube during a marking operation between a first position in which the inner tube protrudes a predetermined distance from said one of opposite axial ends of the outer tube and axially past the marking blades, and a second position in which the inner tube is entirely positioned within the outer tube; and positioning means for positioning the marking device with respect to the cutout section in the recipient cornea bed for receiving a donor cornea, said positioning means comprising a contact portion of one of opposite axial ends of the inner tube, said contact portion being adapted to fit within the cutout section and adapted to be in contact with the cornea bed so as to position the marking device.