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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2000
Yoshikazu Egawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hoya Healthcare Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A soft intraocular lens-folding device comprises a movable member and a base member . The movable member comprises an elastically bendable pair of legs , and a common base for connecting this pair of legs . At the tips of the pair of legs there is disposed lens-receiving portions , and wall portions . In the lens-receiving portions , a soft intraocular lens is set astride both legs. The wall portions have the function of clamping a soft intraocular lens set in the lens-receiving portions . The bass member comprises a slide groove portion . This slide groove portion is formed so as to allow the tips of the pair of legs to penetrate and elide through, and, in addition, to narrow the gap of the pair of legs in accordance with the extent of movement thereof.