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technique to see if it could be used to attach haptics to
molded silicone rubber (Blake Record (“B.R.”) 0411-0412).
Gene Currie, although not stating an exact date, states that
this occurred on or shortly before August 1987 (B.R. 0412).
Gene Currie also corroborates reduction to practice in stating
that the haptics were treated with corona discharge and then
the haptic was attached to the optic on or before August 1987.
(B.R. 0411-0412 and 0414-0415). Specifically, Gene Currie
states:
What Larry did was to clean the surface of
the polypropylene haptic, then treat it
with the corona discharge wand (which
oxidized the surface), . . . and then
attach the haptic to the optic. [B.R. pages
0414-0415]
Dr. Nordan corroborates the conception and reduction to
practice to the extent that he states that he observed an
intraocular lens shown to him by Larry Blake that had haptics
attached to optics without an anchor in approximately
September or October of 1987 (B.R. 0637).
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