Patent ID: 8690940

Claim:
A method for inserting a lens system device into an in-situ cataractous lens of a patient, the method comprising: creating an opening in a cornea of the eye; inserting into the opening an apparatus for treating cataract of an eye comprising a surgical tool formed with an angle that is within sixty degrees of ninety degrees to allow entry of the surgical tool through the peripheral cornea of the eye, the angle creating a longer operative end of the surgical tool and a shorter surgical end of the surgical tool, the shorter surgical end of the surgical tool allowing for penetration of the peripheral cornea of the eye, a lens system device contained within the surgical tool, and a flexible guiding structure attached to the lens system device and further disposed within the surgical tool; placing the shorter surgical end of the surgical tool in close proximity to a cataractous lens of the eye; using the surgical tool to penetrate the cataractous lens; moving the guiding structure, relative to the surgical tool, to cause insertion of the lens system device into the cataractous lens; and removing the guiding structure and the surgical tool from the eye.