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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:
Mar. 26, 1991
Filed:
Jan. 15, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Leed S Katzen, Baltimore, MD (US);
Assignee:
Surgidev Corporation, Goleta, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623-6 ;
Abstract
An intraocular lens for placement in a capsular bag, including a small hard inner lens optic and a soft pliable skirt surrounding the lens optic. The lens optic can be meniscus, bi-convex, plano convex, or the reverse lens optic. The lens optic is a high refractive index material and has a diameter of about 2-4 mm. The soft pliable skirt secures to an edge of the lens optic and extends away at a downwardly sloping angle. The outer diameter of the lens skirt can be up to 8-9 mm.