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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2007
Robert E. Kellan, North Andover, MA (US);
Paul Koch, East Greenwich, RI (US);
Robert E. Kellan, North Andover, MA (US);
Paul Koch, East Greenwich, RI (US);
Anew Optics, Inc., Bristol, TN (US);
Abstract
An accommodating intraocular implant apparatus is disclosed for implantation in the human eye. The apparatus includes an optic portion having a periphery and an optic axis, said optic portion lying substantially within an optic plane transverse to said optic axis; at least one flexible haptic extending from a point on or near the periphery of the optic portion; at least one flexible haptic having a fixation anchor portion distal to the periphery of the optic portion; and at least one flexible haptic having a centering anchor portion. The fixation anchor portion and the centering anchor portion are adapted to couple to a portion of the eye.