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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2017
Applicant:
Ast Products, Inc., Billerica, MA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
AST Products, Inc., Billerica, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/16 (2006.01); A61B 50/30 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/167 (2013.01); A61F 2/1678 (2013.01); A61F 2/1691 (2013.01); A61B 50/30 (2016.02); A61F 2/1667 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides a device and method for inserting an IOL into an eye of a patient. The IOL injector is configured to automatically load an IOL into the injector by folding and aligning the IOL into a lens cartridge of the injector without manual manipulation of the IOL by the physician during the procedure. The injector is configured to properly orient and align the IOL within the injector and maintain proper alignment throughout delivery of the IOL to the eye of a patient and thereby ensuring that the IOL is properly positioned and oriented at a predetermined location in the eye.