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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:
Feb. 08, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 13, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
John R Wolf, San Moreno, CA (US);
Vladimir Feingold, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Assignee:
Staar Surgical Company, Inc., Monrovia, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606107 ;
Abstract
A surgical implantation device for insertion of a deformable intraocular lens into the eye through a relatively small incision made in the ocular tissue comprising a lens injecting device having a plunger with a plunger tip configured to provide a side clearance between the plunger tip and lens insertion passageway through the surgical implantation device to accommodate the trailing haptic of the deformable intraocular lens to prevent damage thereto during insertion.