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Intraocular lens with retractable leg

  • US 4,969,897 A
  • Filed: 09/12/1984
  • Issued: 11/13/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/12/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An intraocular lens for placing into the posterior chamber of an eye, comprising(a) a lens body;

  • (b) leg means, comprising a plurality of filament-like legs having one end attached to said lens body and a free end, for centering the lens body in the posterior chamber when each of said legs is in an unretracted position, wherein at least one of said legs is capable of moving into said unretracted position from a retracted position in which said leg is closer to the lens body than when in said unretracted position, and(c) means projecting from said lens body for releasably holding said movable leg in said retracted position.

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