Patent ID: 8603103
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An intraocular lens insertion device, comprising: a lens placement section; a nozzle section; a transition section, having a tapered inner wall, between the lens placement section and the nozzle section; the lens placement section, transition section and nozzle section defining a lens advancement axis; an intraocular lens located in the lens placement section and having an optical part with an outer edge, a first support portion that extends outwardly from the optical part outer edge, and a second support portion that extends outwardly from the optical part outer edge, the second support portion being closer to the nozzle section than the first support portion; a slider, movable relative to the lens placement section, that pushes the intraocular lens along the lens advancement axis in a lens advancement direction out of the lens placement section and into the transition section, the slider including first and second abutting portions spaced from one another in the lens advancement direction by a distance that results in the first abutting portion bending the first support arm toward the optical part when the second abutting portion engages optical part outer edge, the second abutting portion including an x-direction abutting surface having a face substantially perpendicular to a surface of the optical part and a y-direction abutting surface having a face substantially parallel with the surface of the optical part; and a plunger, movable relative to the slider, that pushes the intraocular lens out of the transition section and through the nozzle section.