Patent ID: 8109938

Claim:
A cartridge ( 12 ) for folding an ophthalmic implant ( 11 ) comprising: a clamp formed by two articulated arms ( 34 , 36 ), said two arms ( 34 , 36 ) having substantially coaxial channels ( 46 , 48 ), each of which is bordered by two longitudinal edges ( 46 A, 46 B, 48 A, 48 B), the channels ( 46 , 48 ) opening opposite one another and, when the two arms ( 34 , 36 ) are closed together, defining a conduit for containing the partially folded implant ( 11 ), characterised in that when said two arms ( 34 , 36 ) are closed together, at least two of the edges ( 46 B, 48 B) facing the two channels ( 46 , 48 ) are transversely displaced relative to the conduit in the joining plane of said two arms ( 34 , 36 ) in such a way that one arm ( 36 ) defines a flat shoulder ( 49 ) between said two edges ( 46 B, 48 B), the shoulder ( 49 ) extending from one edge ( 46 B) to the other edge ( 48 B), the shoulder ( 49 ) supporting the implant ( 11 ) in a manner that ensures that opposite ends of the implant ( 11 ) are correctly radially displaced and superimposed, the shoulder ( 49 ) projecting opposite the channel ( 46 ) arranged in the other arm ( 34 ), and in that one ( 48 B) of the two edges ( 46 B, 48 B) defining the shoulder ( 49 ) diverges from the other edge ( 46 B) in the direction of an end of the cartridge ( 12 ), said one edge ( 48 B) diverting towards the inside of the conduit defined by the two channels ( 46 , 48 ).