Patent ID: 6048348
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: A61F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of inserting a deformable intraocular lens through a small incision in the eye, comprising the steps of:loading the deformable intraocular lens into a lens injecting device having a lens delivery passageway configured to extend through the incision in the eye, said lens injecting device including a plunger slidably disposed within said lens delivery passageway;forcing the deformable intraocular lens through said lens delivery passageway with a tip of said plunger; andproviding a damping resistance force between said plunger and said lens delivery passageway in a direction opposite to a direction of movement of said plunger when said lens injecting device is being operated by a user to control release of the deformable intraocular lens from an exit end of said lens delivery passageway into the eye.