Patent ID: 6723104
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
An apparatus for inserting an intraocular lens through an incision into any eye comprising:a tube defining a hollow passage, the tube having an ejection port through which the intraocular lens is passed from the hollow passage into an eye; an injector rod longitudinally movable within the hollow passage, the injector rod having a distal portion adapted to contact the intraocular lens within the hollow passage to urge the folded intraocular lens distally through the hollow passage; a guide assembly positioned relative to the tube to maintain the injector rod in a desired orientation with respect to the passage as the injector rod is moved longitudinally in the passage; and, wherein the guide assembly comprises a projection depending from an inner surface of the tube, the projection cooperating with a surface of the rod to move the distal portion of the rod toward the wall as the injector rod is moved longitudinally in the passage.