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Intraocular lens

  • US 4,159,546 A
  • Filed: 06/15/1977
  • Issued: 07/03/1979
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/15/1977
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a cataract surgery following capsular extraction, a method of implanting an intraocular lens having an acrylic resin lens body and first and second flexible and memory retaining curved looped strands wherein one end of each strand is secured adjacent the peripheral edge of said lens body and the other end is unsecured, comprising inserting said lens through the pupil with said first strand first followed by said lens body, directing said first strand against the ciliary body, further urging said lens through the pupil thereby compressing said first strand until said second strand passes through said pupil, and directing said second strand against the ciliary body opposite said first strand, whereby the entire lens is located within the posterior chamber and posterior to the iris.

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