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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:
Jul. 06, 1999
Filed:
May. 05, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Henry H McDonald, Rancho Mirage, CA (US);
Assignee:
Surgical Concepts, Inc., Newport Beach, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606107 ; 623-6 ;
Abstract
The method of implanting an artificial lens in the eye that includes providing the lens to have folded M configuration, with two laterally spaced legs interconnected by a U-shaped portion; providing an elongated insertion tube having a distal end insertible into the eye; traveling the M-folded lens in the tube toward the distal end preparatory to insertion into the eye.