Patent ID: 8475529
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An accommodating intraocular lens, comprising: (a) an optical lens body having an anterior body member and a posterior body member, joined to each other, said optical lens body defining a vision axis; (b) a cavity being defined, and enclosed between, said anterior body member and said posterior body member; (c) one or more compressible struts in the cavity, extending between said anterior body member and said posterior body member, said one or more struts being displaced from the vision axis and having first and second ends, said one or more struts being configured to flex away from the vision axis when the first and second ends of said one or more struts are compressed toward each other; and (d) a bio-compatible liquid filling in the cavity, the liquid having a refractive index greater than the refractive index of water.