Patent ID: 9681981
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: A61F

Claim:
1. An intraocular implant for placement in an eye, the implant comprising: a main portion and a peripheral portion peripheral to the main portion, wherein the peripheral portion is a skirt surrounding and peripheral to the main portion, the implant having at least two lugs extending from the peripheral portion in a direction out of a plane of the implant, the lugs each having a head and a neck, the neck having a length of 30 to 50 μm and at least one lug being elongated in a circumferential direction relative to the implant, at least one of the lugs having a radially inner groove and a separate radially outer groove whereby the radially inner groove and the separate radially outer groove facilitate the lugs being received to fit snugly in openings in the lens capsule to hold the implant securely in place, the skirt presenting a circumferential groove formed on a same surface of the skirt as the lugs, the circumferential groove being disposed between the optic and the lugs, the lugs being for engagement with corresponding voids provided in a capsule of the eye, and wherein the lugs are positioned in fixed locations with respect to the main portion, and the lugs being asymmetrically arranged, wherein a single orientation of the implant is determined by asymmetrical location of the lugs.