Patent ID: 6761737
Filing Date: 2004-07-13
Classification: A61F,B29D,Y10S

Abstract:
An accommodating intraocular lens for implantation in an eye having an optical axis, said lens comprising:an anterior portion comprising: an anterior viewing element having a periphery and comprised of an optic having refractive power; an anterior biasing element comprising first and second anterior translation members extending from the anterior viewing element; and a posterior portion comprising: a posterior viewing element having a periphery, said posterior viewing element in spaced relationship to said anterior viewing element; a posterior biasing element comprising first and second posterior translation members extending from the posterior viewing element; said first anterior translation member and said first posterior translation member meeting at a first apex of said intraocular lens, and said second anterior translation member and said second posterior translation member meeting at a second apex of the intraocular lens, such that force on said anterior portion and said posterior portion causes the separation between said viewing elements to change; said anterior and posterior biasing elements being springlike and biasing said viewing elements apart such that, in the absence of external forces, said anterior and posterior viewing elements are at maximum separation; wherein said first anterior translation member is attached to said anterior viewing element at first and second spaced attachment locations, each of the first and second attachment locations being significantly further away from the first apex than the periphery of the anterior viewing element is from the first apex.