Patent ID: 6607537
Filing Date: 2003-08-19
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
An injector for implanting/inserting a temporarily folded intraocular lens, with which the folded lens can be inserted into a capsula of a lens of an eye through an opening incision of about 3 mm in the eye, the injector comprising:a one-piece body having a thicker insertion and holding part and a thinner injection tube on an injection side and a continuous axial opening with a constant cross-section as a transporting channel; a slider arranged so as to be displaceable axially in the transporting channel; an insertion opening in the insertion and holding part transversely and symmetrically in relation to an axis of the transporting channel, the insertion opening acting as an insertion channel for the lens and communicates with the continuous transporting opening, the insertion and holding part having a supporting surface at the insertion opening on which the unfolded lens lies flat for transport, the supporting surface being arranged inside the holding part offset upwards in a direction of insertion in relation to the axis of the transporting channel, and runs through an insertion slot, having a width equal to a width of the transporting channel, into the transporting channel; and a folding rib extending longitudinally and centrally in relation to the lens, the folding rib being plate-shaped and extends radially so as to be pressable radially into the transporting channel through the insertion opening whereby the lens is inserted completely into the transporting channel folded around the folding rib.