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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2004
Edward Vaquero, Fairport, NY (US);
Thomas M. Heyman, Placentia, CA (US);
Edward Vaquero, Fairport, NY (US);
Thomas M. Heyman, Placentia, CA (US);
Bausch & Lomb Incorporated, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A device for injecting an intraocular lens (IOL) into an eye, the device having an injector body including a lumen and an open tip wherethrough the IOL is expressed from the device. An IOL loading bay is located in the passageway wherein the IOL is positioned and compressed. The injector tip is dimensioned to allow the surgeon to choose an insertion depth between first, second and third transition points defined on the tip, the first and second transition points having a larger diameter than the third transition point which is located closer to the open tend of the tip. If the surgeon wishes to insert through a very small incision size (e.g., about 2.4 mm), the surgeon will insert the tip only up to the third transition point. The injector is stable during delivery of the IOL therethrough due to a spreading of the tip within the eye which effectively anchors the tip during IOL delivery.