Patent ID: 6355046
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
An insertion device for inserting into an eye a deformable intraocular lens in which at least an optical portion is formed of an elastic material having predetermined memory characteristics or a deformable intraocular lens in which at least an optical portion is formed of an elastic material having predetermined memory characteristics and which has a supporting portion for supporting the optical portion within the eye, wherein said insertion device comprises an enclosing member having an open position for receiving the deformable intraocular lens and a closed position for holding the deformable intraocular lens in an enclosed manner, wherein at least a peripheral edge portion of the deformable intraocular lens is engaged with said enclosing member when the deformable intraocular lens is placed in the enclosing member and the enclosing member is in the open position, wherein the optical portion of the deformable intraocular lens substantially does not come into contact with the enclosing member when the enclosing member is in the open position, and wherein the deformable intraocular lens is deformed into a smaller size when the deformable intraocular lens is in the enclosing member and the enclosing member is closed from the open position to the closed position.