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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2022
Applicant:
Alcon Inc., Fribourg, CH;
Inventor:
R. Mitchell Sherry, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Assignee:
Alcon Inc., Fribourg, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/1662 (2013.01); A61F 2/167 (2013.01); A61F 2002/1681 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for delivering an implant to an eye using a ratchet drive. Some embodiments of an apparatus for delivering an implant to an eye may comprise a gear rack configured to be coupled to the implant, a forward gearwheel, an input gearwheel meshed with the forward gearwheel, an idler gearwheel meshed with the input gearwheel, and a reverse gearwheel meshed with the idler gearwheel. An actuation lever may be configured to rotate the input gearwheel. Some embodiments may additionally comprise a pivot arm that may be operable to selectively engage the forward gearwheel and the reverse gearwheel to the gear rack.