Patent ID: 7226455
Filing Date: 2007-06-05
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A folder module for folding a flexible intraocular implant for injection into the eye of a patient, the module comprising: two jaws that are movable relative to each other, each jaw having a folder wall constituted by a portion of a cylindrical surface and a plane wall secured to the folder wall, the two plane walls lying in parallel planes, one of said plane walls forming a bottom plane wall; a pivot axis orthogonal to the plane walls to control relative pivoting movement of one jaw relative to the other; one of the jaws being capable of occupying relative to the other jaw a first position in which the plane walls are spaced apart from each other, thereby enabling the implant to be put into place on the bottom plane wall; a second position in which the plane walls face each other, whereby the folder walls and the plane walls define a confinement volume for the implant; and a third position in which the folder walls meet each other so as to define a substantially cylindrical volume forming a folder chamber enabling the implant to be finally folded.