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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2002
Kikuo Mitomo, Tokyo, JP;
Tomomitsu Tatsuishi, Tokyo, JP;
Hoya Healthcare Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A storage case having a soft intraocular lens folding function, which has a constitution with excellent reliability and manufacturability, is capable of sterilely storing an intraocular lens produced in a production line without damaging it until a time of surgery, and enables an operator to perform an operation of picking a soft intraocular lens L with an extractor with ease and reliability, is provided. In the storage case having a soft intraocular lens folding function, which includes a base part , a movable part and a lid part , the aforementioned base part is slidably joined to the aforementioned movable part , and the lid part is attachably and detachably fitted therein, thus making it possible to store the lens L sterilely without damaging it, and during a surgery, the lens L can be folded with ease and reliability by pressing a lever portion at the movable part