Patent ID: 6666871
Filing Date: 2003-12-23
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
An insertion device for deforming a deformable intraocular lens into a smaller size and inserting the intraocular lens into an eye, comprising:a device body; an insertion tube attached to a front end of the device body and adapted to be inserted into the eye; a push rod axially moveable through the device body and the insertion tube and adapted to insert the intraocular lens into the eye when advanced; a rotatable drive member at a near end of the push rod; a motion conversion mechanism disposed between the device body and the drive member and adapted to axially move the drive member, upon rotation of the drive member, in order to axially move the push rod; and an axially moveable push member provided at the rear end of the push rod and projecting rearward from the rotatable drive member for axially advancing the push rod without rotating the push member or push rod.