Patent ID: 8216308
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An accommodating intraocular lens device configured to be implanted into a capsular bag of an eye after cataract lens removal, said lens device comprising: a circular-shaped lens optic configured to be initially located in a reference plane oriented substantially perpendicular to a central focal axis of the eye when said lens device is implanted into the eye; a substantially planar bowing lens plate haptic surrounding said lens optic with at least one circular-shaped through opening separating and spacing apart said lens optic a predetermined distance from said lens plate haptic; said lens plate haptic configured to bow in only a length dimension of said lens plate haptic when force is applied by the eye inwardly on opposite edges of said lens plate haptic, said lens plate haptic being located in said reference plane, said lens optic and said lens plate haptic being configured to fit within the capsular bag of the eye after cataract removal; and a lens connection configured to connect said lens optic to said lens plate haptic, said lens connection configured to move said lens optic in and out of said reference plane in a manner to focus the eye when force is applied by the eye inwardly to said opposite edges of said lens plate haptic causing said lens plate haptic to bow, said lens connection being defined by a pair of flexible arms connecting said lens optic to said lens plate haptic at opposite ends of said lens optic along a first axis located in said reference plane oriented substantially perpendicular to a second axis located in said reference plane along which said force is applied by the eye inwardly to said opposite edges of said lens plate haptic, said lens connection configured to move said lens optic in and out of said reference plane in a manner to focus the eye when force is applied by the eye inwardly to said opposite edges of said lens plate haptic and/or eye pressure is increased behind said intraocular lens device causing said lens plate haptic to bow.