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Surgical device for implantation of a deformable intraocular lens

  • US 4,702,244 A
  • Filed: 02/27/1986
  • Issued: 10/27/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/05/1982
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A surgical device for implantation of an artificial intraocular lens in the eye through a relatively small incision made in the ocular tissue, said device comprising a chamber in a forward end of said device;

  • means for containing said intraocular lens in an unstressed state and for orienting said intraocular lens in a prescribed orientation to facilitate anterior or posterior chamber lens placement substantially perpendicular to the optical axis, said lens having a deformable optical zone portion;

    means for exerting a force on said lens sufficient to deform said lens such that said optical zone portion is deformed to a diameter of 80% or less than the cross-sectional diameter of said optical zone portion in an unstressed state and to expel said lens from said device for placement of said lens in the eye.

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