Patent ID: 9044317
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An intraocular lens cartridge assembly, comprising: an intraocular lens having an optic portion, a leading haptic, and a trailing haptic; and a cartridge having a leading haptic receiving area, an optic receiving area, and a trailing haptic receiving area extending laterally away from the optic receiving area and a longitudinal axis of the cartridge, and a rounded distal port through which the intraocular lens passes, wherein the intraocular lens and the cartridge are configured so that the leading haptic and the trailing haptic can be simultaneously maintained in deformed configurations when the leading haptic and the trailing haptic are within the cartridge, the leading haptic receiving area disposed distal to the trailing haptic receiving area such that the leading haptic is delivered out of rounded distal port before the trailing haptic, wherein the rounded distal port has a smaller width than a diameter of the optic portion.