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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:
Apr. 01, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 25, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Daniel C Eagles, Capistrano Beach, CA (US);
Vladimir Feingold, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Thomas J Chamber, Upland, CA (US);
Assignee:
Staar Surgical Company, Inc., Monrovia, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606107 ; 623-6 ;
Abstract
A deformable intraocular lens injecting apparatus including a transverse hinge for loading a deformable intraocular lens therein. The transverse hinge connects together two portions of the lens injecting apparatus. A preferred embodiment includes 1) a lens injecting device, 2) a lens cartridge having a transverse hinge, and 3) a nozzle portion. In a most preferred embodiment, the lens cartridge includes a fixed lower tray portion transversely hinged to an upper lid portion.