Patent ID: 7422604
Filing Date: 2008-09-09
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An injector device comprising: an injector body having a lumen extending longitudinally therethrough; an opening providing access to the lumen of said injector body; a retainer releasably holding an IOL comprising an optic, said retainer adapted to be removably attached to the injector body proximate said opening; a movable compressor drawer coupled to the injector body proximate the opening, the compressor drawer having an optic stripper element attached thereto, the optic stripper element adapted to extend between the retainer and the optic when the retainer is removably attached to the injector body wherein, when the retainer is removably attached to the injector body and the compressor drawer is in a partly closed position, the optic stripper element extends between the retainer and the optic, and when the retainer is removably attached to the injector body and the compressor drawer is in a fully open position, the optic stripper element does not extend between the retainer and the optic.