Patent ID: 6423094
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A single piece, accommodative intraocular lens system comprising:a first transparent structure, wherein said first transparent structure is an optic lens, said lens having a first surface, a perimeter and a second surface, said lens having a central optical axis; a second transparent structure, wherein said second transparent structure is an optic lens, said optic lens having a first surface, a perimeter and a second surface, said optic lens having a central optical axis; a deformable connector extending between said perimeter of said first transparent structure, and said perimeter of said second transparent structure, said connector being formed by a circular ring and being integral at one peripheral location of said circular ring with said first transparent structure and being integral at a diametrically opposite peripheral location of said circular ring with said second transparent structure; and said optic lenses being formed from a single sheet of material with the optic axis of said lens bodies being substantially parallel in a generally flat manufactured posture and being operable when said deformable connector is bent to be coaxial when placed within a capsular bag of a human eye to provide an accommodative one piece intraocular lens system.