A shuttle for retaining an IOL having an optic, the shuttle comprising: (a) a first shuttle plate and a separate second shuttle plate operably coupled and configurable between a coupled storage configuration and a coupled loading configuration, the first and the second shuttle plates (120, 160) in each of the coupled storage configuration and the coupled loading configurations defining a shuttle lumen having an IOL chamber extending along a longitudinal axis, the IOL chamber axially bounded by a proximal port and a distal port, wherein each of the proximal port and the distal port in each of the coupled storage configuration and the coupled loading configurations has a major dimension transverse to the longitudinal axis, the major dimension being smaller than a diameter of the optic, wherein the first shuttle plate includes a first storage confronting surface and a first loading confronting surface and the second shuttle plate includes a second storage confronting surface and a second loading confronting surface, wherein the first storage confronting surface and the second storage confronting surface form a storage set of confronting surfaces (122, 162), wherein the first loading confronting surface and the second loading confronting surface form a loading set of confronting surfaces (124, 164), and wherein the shuttle further comprises a flexure interface intermediate the storage set of confronting surfaces (122, 162) and the loading set of confronting surfaces (124, 164), characterized in that the operably engaged first and second shuttle plates (120, 160) abut the storage set of confronting surfaces (122, 162) in each of the engaged storage configuration and the engaged loading configuration, and the loading set of confronting surfaces (124, 164) flex from being spaced apart in the engaged storage configuration of the operably engaged first and second shuttle plates (120, 160) to abutting in the engaged loading configuration of the operably engaged first and second shuttle plates (120, 160). (a) a first shuttle plate and a separate second shuttle plate operably coupled and configurable between a coupled storage configuration and a coupled loading configuration, the first and the second shuttle plates (120, 160) in each of the coupled storage configuration and the coupled loading configurations defining a shuttle lumen having an IOL chamber extending along a longitudinal axis, the IOL chamber axially bounded by a proximal port and a distal port, wherein each of the proximal port and the distal port in each of the coupled storage configuration and the coupled loading configurations has a major dimension transverse to the longitudinal axis, the major dimension being smaller than a diameter of the optic, wherein the first shuttle plate includes a first storage confronting surface and a first loading confronting surface and the second shuttle plate includes a second storage confronting surface and a second loading confronting surface, wherein the first storage confronting surface and the second storage confronting surface form a storage set of confronting surfaces (122, 162), wherein the first loading confronting surface and the second loading confronting surface form a loading set of confronting surfaces (124, 164), and wherein the shuttle further comprises a flexure interface intermediate the storage set of confronting surfaces (122, 162) and the loading set of confronting surfaces (124, 164), characterized in that the operably engaged first and second shuttle plates (120, 160) abut the storage set of confronting surfaces (122, 162) in each of the engaged storage configuration and the engaged loading configuration, and the loading set of confronting surfaces (124, 164) flex from being spaced apart in the engaged storage configuration of the operably engaged first and second shuttle plates (120, 160) to abutting in the engaged loading configuration of the operably engaged first and second shuttle plates (120, 160). wherein the first shuttle plate includes a first storage confronting surface and a first loading confronting surface and the second shuttle plate includes a second storage confronting surface and a second loading confronting surface, wherein the first storage confronting surface and the second storage confronting surface form a storage set of confronting surfaces (122, 162), wherein the first loading confronting surface and the second loading confronting surface form a loading set of confronting surfaces (124, 164), and wherein the shuttle further comprises a flexure interface intermediate the storage set of confronting surfaces (122, 162) and the loading set of confronting surfaces (124, 164), characterized in that the operably engaged first and second shuttle plates (120, 160) abut the storage set of confronting surfaces (122, 162) in each of the engaged storage configuration and the engaged loading configuration, and the loading set of confronting surfaces (124, 164) flex from being spaced apart in the engaged storage configuration of the operably engaged first and second shuttle plates (120, 160) to abutting in the engaged loading configuration of the operably engaged first and second shuttle plates (120, 160).