Patent ID: 8603163
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An IOL injector body and a vial in a combination, the IOL injector body having a lumen with a lumen longitudinal axis, and the IOL injector comprising: an injector body segment defining a portion of the lumen; a first loading chamber component coupled to the injector body segment; a second loading chamber component comprising a lens contact surface, the second loading chamber component being hingedly coupled to the first loading chamber component such that the second loading chamber component is capable of rotating about a second axis that is parallel to the lumen longitudinal axis; and the vial comprising a vial base and a removable cover, the vial base comprising a cylindrical wall and a bottom surface that define a volume capable of holding a liquid, the cylindrical wall defining a vial central longitudinal axis, an IOL-holder mount connected to the vial base and disposed in said volume, the IOL-holder mount maintaining an IOL holder having an IOL attached thereto, the IOL-holder mount configured to permit displacement of the IOL-holder towards the bottom surface, and an injector guide rotatably mounted in said volume such that the injector guide can rotate about the vial central longitudinal axis, the injector guide configured to permit the injector body to be inserted into the vial along the injector guide to displace the IOL-holder toward the bottom surface.