Intraocular lens and additive packaging system
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1. A packaging system for an intraocular lens and optionally an additive material capable of use as a surgical inserter comprising:
- a tubular member defining a passage with a plunger adapted to receive and direct an intraocular lens into an eye, a compressor with an optional reservoir space formed therein movably attached to said tubular member for laterally compressing said intraocular lens within said passage, an optional additive material plunger movably attached to said compressor for elimination of said optional reservoir space, one or more transparent covers for non-permanently sealing said intraocular lens within said passage and an optional additive material within said optional reservoir space prior to use, and retainers in said passage for maintaining a peripheral optic edge of the intraocular lens in a generally planar relationship during compression.
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Abstract
A packaging system for an intraocular lens and optionally an additive material that can be used to insert a packaged intraocular lens into an eye through a relatively small incision. Methods for inserting an intraocular lens into an eye using such packaging system are within the scope of the present invention.
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23 Claims
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1. A packaging system for an intraocular lens and optionally an additive material capable of use as a surgical inserter comprising:
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a tubular member defining a passage with a plunger adapted to receive and direct an intraocular lens into an eye, a compressor with an optional reservoir space formed therein movably attached to said tubular member for laterally compressing said intraocular lens within said passage, an optional additive material plunger movably attached to said compressor for elimination of said optional reservoir space, one or more transparent covers for non-permanently sealing said intraocular lens within said passage and an optional additive material within said optional reservoir space prior to use, and retainers in said passage for maintaining a peripheral optic edge of the intraocular lens in a generally planar relationship during compression. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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2. A packaging system for an intraocular lens and an additive material capable of use as a surgical inserter comprising:
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a tubular member defining a passage with a plunger adapted to receive and direct an intraocular lens into an eye, a compressor formed with a reservoir space therein movably attached to said tubular member for laterally compressing said intraocular lens within said passage, an additive material plunger movably attached to said compressor for elimination of said reservoir space, one or more transparent covers for non-permanently sealing said intraocular lens within said passage and an additive material within said reservoir space prior to use, and retainers in said passage for maintaining a peripheral optic edge of said intraocular lens in a generally planar relationship during compression. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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