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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2014
Applicant:
Novartis Ag, Basel, CH;
Inventors:
Lauren Devita Gerardi, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Kevin M. Lewellen, Arlington, TX (US);
Assignee:
NOVARTIS AG, Basel, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/1648 (2013.01); A61F 2/1635 (2013.01); A61F 2002/1681 (2013.01);
Abstract
An accommodating intraocular lens includes an optic and four haptics. the optic includes an outer wall, a solid posterior optic, an anterior fluid chamber, an anterior membrane and a fluid reservoir within the outer wall surrounding the anterior fluid chamber and the solid posterior optics. The four haptics are attached to the outer wall at four attachment points. Each of the four haptics includes an arc member extending between successive attachment points and contacting the outer wall only at the attachment points. Each of the arc members is configured to compress laterally under accommodative forces.