Patent ID: 8900299

Claim:
Method for forming a lens in situ in an eye of a mammal, comprising: removing the natural lens of the eye from the capsular bag; introducing an optic with a radius and at least one sharp edge into the capsular bag and positioning the optic within the capsular bag with the at least one sharp edge contacting an inside wall of the capsular bag; wherein the radius of the optic is large enough such that the optic will span a diameter of the capsular bag at approximately the equator so as to push the at least one sharp edge against the inside wall of the capsular bag at approximately the equator to create a barrier; injecting a lens-forming composition into the capsular bag to fill the capsular bag; and curing the lens-forming composition to form a lens having an outer circumference, wherein the formed lens completely fills the capsular bag and the at least one sharp edge remains in contact with an inside wall of the capsular bag after lens formation; wherein the optic has optical properties that may be used in combination with optical properties of the injected lens-forming composition.