INTRAOCULAR LENS
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Abstract
An intraocular lens includes an optic, which includes a first lens having a first optical axis for alignment with an optical axis of the human eye having a macula; and a second lens having a second optical axis. The second optical axis and the first optical axis enclose an angle between 0.5 and 10 degrees. The first and second lens are arranged next to one another in a direction transverse to the first optical axis to provide no overlap in a direction along the first optical axis such that the first lens and the second lens each, independent from one another, image onto the macula of the eye. The angle and a direction of the second optical axis are chosen such that the second lens images onto a functional part of the macula of the human eye, which functional part is not compromised by a defect, such as a scotoma.
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31 Claims
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1-15. -15. (canceled)
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16. An intraocular lens (1) for insertion into a human eye (100) having a macula (112), said intraocular lens (1) comprising an optic (3), said optic comprising
a first lens (4) having a first optical axis (R4) arranged for alignment with an optical axis (R100) of the human eye (100); - and
a second lens (6) having a second optical axis (R6), wherein said second optical axis (R6) and said first optical axis (R4) enclose an angle (a) between 0.5 and 10 degrees, the first lens (4) and the second lens (6) being arranged next to one another in a direction transverse to the first optical axis (R4) to provide no overlap in a direction along the first optical axis (R4) such that the first lens (4) and the second lens (6) each, independent from one another, image onto the macula (112) of the eye (100). - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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26. The intraocular lens according to claim 26, wherein said second anterior surface section is recessed relative to the first anterior surface section.
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