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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2014
Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd, Bowyer Block C, SG;
Shamira Perera, Bowyer Block, SG;
SINGAPORE HEALTH SERVICES PTE LTD, Singapore, SG;
Abstract
A devicefor delivering intraocular lens into an incision on an eye of a patient comprises a tubular memberdefined by a hollow elongate passageway, a frontand a back through openingof the passageway; a secured nozzlehaving an expanded base, which is mounted to the front through openingof the tubular member, tapering towards a pointed endfashioned to be inserted into the incision, the secured nozzleenclosing a lumensubstantially tapered from the baseto the pointed endand aligned with the passagewaythat the lens is disposed within the lumento be readily delivered; an elongate probe, at least partially housed within the passageway, having a bifurcated tipwhich is configured to telescopically slide out from the pointed endof the secured nozzlepushing the disposed lens into the eye; and a plunger assemblyhaving a shaftinserted into and moveable within the passagewayto anteriorly engage with the probeto move the probein relative to the tubular member, wherein the bifurcated tipforks into a firstand second prongs, which are irregular in size, forming a substantially U-shaped or V-shaped construct thereof for manipulating a configuration and/or and orientation of the delivered lens in the eye.