Patent ID: 9155615
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: A61F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An IOL injector cartridge comprising: an upper wall; a lower wall; the upper wall and the lower wall combining to define a cartridge lumen that extends from a proximal end to a distal end; the upper wall terminating at an upper-wall proximal edge at the proximal end; an open slot being cut into and through the entire thickness of the upper wall, the open slot extending from the upper-wall proximal edge in a direction of a longitudinal axis of the IOL injector cartridge and having a slot distal end intermediate between the proximal end and the distal end of the cartridge; wherein the slot distal end has a convex curvature and at least partially defines the slot; and wherein when an IOL enters the cartridge lumen at the proximal end, a leading haptic of the IOL extends above the upper wall through the open slot.