Patent ID: 11883278
Assignee: ALCON INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An intraocular lens insertion system, the system comprising:
a lens chamber adapted to receive an intraocular lens;
a delivery cartridge coupled to the lens chamber;
a plunger adapted to be manipulated by a user and moved along a longitudinal axis; and
a plunger tip chamber, the plunger tip chamber comprising:
a first plunger tip adapted to move from a first position to a second position to engage the intraocular lens and advance the intraocular lens from the lens chamber into the delivery cartridge; and
a second plunger tip adapted to engage the intraocular lens in the delivery cartridge and to eject the intraocular lens from the delivery cartridge; and

a spring adapted to compress when the plunger moves the first plunger tip from the first position to the second position and adapted to retract the first plunger tip to the first position.