Patent ID: 8968398
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: A61F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of packaging and delivering an IOL having an optic and leading and trailing haptics to a patient's eye, comprising: pre-loading an IOL in an insertion system, the insertion system having a handpiece defining therein an IOL holding station for receiving the IOL and an actuator adapted to displace the IOL from the holding station in a distal direction, the insertion system further including a delivery tube adjacent the IOL holding station having an open proximal end for receiving the IOL displaced by the actuator; inserting a tool through an opening in the IOL holding station and manually repositioning a trailing haptic of the IOL over the IOL optic; displacing the IOL with the actuator in the distal direction, the IOL holding station further comprising a first internal feature that repositions the leading haptic of the IOL over the IOL optic and a second internal feature maintains the trailing haptic positioned over the IOL optic as the IOL is displaced; and the delivery tube having an internal load chamber shaped to receive the IOL from the holding station and maintain the leading and trailing haptics positioned over the IOL optic.