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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2003
Harish Makker, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Shih-liang S. Yang, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Daniel G. Brady, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Robert E. Glick, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Harish Makker, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Shih-Liang S. Yang, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Daniel G. Brady, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Robert E. Glick, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Advanced Medical Optics, Inc., Santa Ana, CA (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for inserting intraocular lenses (IOLs) into eyes include a hollow tube including a material and having an interior wall defining a hollow space through which an IOL is passed and an outlet through which the IOL is passed from the hollow space into an eye, and a lubricity enhancing component physically secured to said hollow tube and concentrated at or near the interior wall in an amount effective to facilitate the passage of the IOL through the hollow space.