Patent ID: 8579969

Claim:
An intraocular lens injector comprising: a tubular housing having a primary axis extending between a front end and a rear end of the housing; a plunger longitudinally disposed within the housing and having first and second ends, the first end being disposed towards the front end of the tubular housing, the plunger having a male key; a drive system coupled to the housing, the drive system configured to cause longitudinal translation of the plunger along the primary axis of the housing, the drive system comprising a motor gear; a normally engaged clutch system coupled to the drive system, the normally engaged clutch system allowing manual disengagement of the drive system, the normally engaged clutch system comprising a drive disk gear coupled to a clutch disk, the clutch disk having a female key, the male key of the plunger mateable with the female key of the clutch disk, the motor gear of the drive system engageable with the drive disk gear of the clutch system; a knob coupled to the plunger, the knob allowing manual operation of the injector; a cartridge mount near the front end of the housing, the cartridge mount configured to accommodate a removable insertion cartridge in alignment with the plunger so that an intraocular lens disposed in the insertion cartridge is displaced from the insertion cartridge as the plunger is translated towards the front end of the housing; and an insertion cartridge removably mountable to the cartridge mount and adapted to accommodate the intraocular lens and to fold and displace the intraocular lens from the injector as the plunger is translated towards the front end of the housing.