Patent ID: 7341599
Filing Date: 2008-03-11
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An intraocular lens, adapted for implantation in an eye, comprising: a lens portion having a single refractive portion and a substantially nonrefractive portion, the substantially nonrefractive portion having a first surface, a second surface and a transparent substantially solid material extending from said first surface to said second surface, the nonrefractive portion being at least a central portion of the lens and allowing light to pass therethrough unaltered so that far vision is unaltered, the single refractive portion being substantially at the periphery of the lens portion and substantially surrounding said nonrefractive portion and configured to correct for near vision; and a plurality of haptics, adapted to couple said lens portion to an interior portion of the eye, such that said substantially nonrefractive portion is intersected by the optical axis of the eye.