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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2005
D. Jackson Coleman, Howorth, NJ (US);
Adrian Glasser, Bellaire, TX (US);
D. Jackson Coleman, Howorth, NJ (US);
Adrian Glasser, Bellaire, TX (US);
University of Houston, Houston, TX (US);
Cornell Research Foundation, Inc., Ithaca, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a first intraocular lens () embodiment having a retainer plate () with an annular region surrounding a central opening and an optical lens () removably attached to the retainer plate within the central opening. Also disclosed is a second intraocular lens embodiment having a retainer plate with a porous or perforated annular region surrounding a central opening. An optical lens () is integral with the retainer plate () within the central opening. Methods of implanting these intraocular lens () embodiments into a patient's eye are disclosed. Also described here are methods of replacing the first intraocular lens embodiment after it has been implanted in a patient's eye.