Patent ID: 7780729
Filing Date: 2010-08-24
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An accommodating intraocular lens, comprising: an anterior portion having an anterior viewing element and an anterior biasing element connected to said anterior viewing element; a posterior portion having a posterior viewing element and a posterior biasing element connected to said posterior viewing element, said anterior and posterior biasing elements connected at first and second apices, said biasing members responsive to action of the ciliary muscle to cause said viewing elements to move between an accommodated state and an unaccommodated state; and first and second distending members connected to said posterior portion, said distending members configured to contact the lens capsule of an eye, a first end of each of said distending members being fixed relative to said posterior viewing element, a second end of each of said distending members extending to a location significantly anterior of an anterior-most portion of an anterior side of said posterior viewing element, the first and second distending members not forming a part of the posterior biasing element and not being coupled with the anterior portion, wherein at least one of said distending members extends anteriorly at least to a plane which passes through the first and second apices when in the accommodated state, wherein said plane is oriented perpendicular to the optical axis; wherein said anterior and posterior portions are connected only at said first and second apices, and at least one of said viewing elements comprises an optic having refractive power.