Patent ID: 11918457
Assignee: ALCON INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 8:
9. An intraocular lens (IOL), comprising:
an optic comprising an anterior surface and a posterior surface disposed about an optical axis, the anterior surface and posterior surface surrounded by an optic edge connecting the anterior surface to the posterior surface, a circumference of the optic surrounded by the optic edge; and
a gusset connecting at least one haptic to at least one of the anterior surface and the posterior surface, the gusset extending from a radially innermost gusset edge to a gusset-haptic junction;
wherein the gusset at least partially overlaps with the at least one of the anterior surface and the posterior surface of the optic,
wherein the gusset overlaps with only a portion of the circumference of the optic edge, and
wherein the gusset protrudes from only one of the anterior surface or the posterior surface of the optic, and is flush with a surface opposite the anterior surface or the posterior surface, such that a cross section of the gusset is asymmetric with respect to a plane orthogonal to the optical axis.