Patent ID: 6113633
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A soft supplemental intraocular lens for attachment to a primary intraocular lens having an anterior primary intraocular-lens face, the soft supplemental intraocular lens comprising:an optic portion having at least one optical power and an optic-portion periphery, the optic portion being adapted to contact the anterior primary intraocular-lens face of the primary intraocular lens; anda stretchable peripheral zone surrounding at least 20% of the optic-portion periphery, the peripheral zone having substantially no optical power, having a reduced thickness relative to a thickness of the optic-portion periphery, and being adapted to contact the anterior primary intraocular-lens face, the soft supplemental intraocular lens being deformable for passage through a small incision into an eye.