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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Georges Baikoff, Marseilles, FR;
Assignee:
Novartis AG, Basel, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/16 ;
Abstract
Ocular implant of the type comprising an optical portion to which there is connected a haptic portion arranged to position the focal axis of the optical portion off-center with respect to the geometric axis of the eye, towards the nasal side, provided for insertion into a phakic eye to correct presbyopia, its optical portion having, at least in its central region ( ), a multifocal treatment constituting an addition of from +1 to +3.5 diopters, and its haptic portion ( ) ensuring that the focal axis ( ) of the optical portion ( ) is arranged from 0 to 0.75 mm off-center when the implant is in position in the eye.