Patent ID: 7217274
Filing Date: 2007-05-15
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A hand-operated device for inserting a lens into an eye, said device comprising: a grip body with a lens holder for holding a lens, a plunger arranged displaceably in the grip body for guided insertion of the lens into the eye, the plunger comprising a plunger rod, and a plunger needle connected to a first end of the plunger rod, and an actuating means for displacing the plunger relative to the grip body being arranged on the plunger, said actuating means being rotatable relative to the plunger so that a rotation of the grip body results in a rotation of the plunger but not a rotation of the actuating means, said actuating means comprising a split finger ring having two non-touching ends, and a plunger head rotatably secured on the second end of the plunger rod, said plunger head comprising a flat cylinder and two openings defined in a circumferential surface of the plunger head diametrically opposite to one another, the two ends of the finger ring being configured so as to be inserted into the two openings.