Patent ID: 6387101
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A deformable intraocular lens injecting apparatus for inserting a deformable intraocular lens through a small incision into an eye, said apparatus comprising:a lens injecting body; a separate lens receiver configured to be connected to a distally extending portion of said lens injecting body and configured to be operated between an open configuration and a closed configuration; a separate nozzle portion configured to be connected to said lens injecting body and provided with a tip portion configured to be inserted through a small ocular incision; said nozzle portion and said lens receiver defining a lens delivery passageway; and a plunger slidably disposed relative to said lens delivery passageway and configured to engage a deformable intraocular lens within said lens delivery passageway of said lens receiver, and to move said deformable intraocular lens out of said lens delivery passageway into said eye, wherein a proximally extending portion of said lens receiver is provided with a pair of holes for engaging a pair of tabs provided on said lens injecting body for connecting said lens receiver to said lens injecting body.