Patent ID: 6371960
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A device for inserting a flexible membrane into an eye, comprising:a tubular member including a passage having an open distal end adapted to be received into the eye and a staging area for initially receiving the flexible membrane into said passage, said tubular member having an opening for loading the flexible membrane into said staging area; and a unitary plastic plunger movably received within said passage for advancing the flexible membrane into the eye, said plunger having a distal end adapted to contact the flexible membrane, and said distal end having a visual indicator comprising at least one colored region having a first color different than a second color of a remaining portion of the plunger and that contrasts visibly with a color of said staging area so that said visual indicator is plainly seen when in said staging area, wherein, when said visual indicator is plainly seen to be in said staging area prior to loading of the flexible membrane into the staging area, said plunger is retracted to a position where said visual indicator is withdrawn from said staging area.