Patent ID: 7435259

Claim:
An accommodating intraocular lens designed for implanting within a natural capsular bag of a human eye, said lens implant comprising: a lens body having anterior and posterior sides and including a flexible and solid optic having an optical axis, and two or more plate haptics extending radially and spaced about said optic, said haptics having inner ends adjacent to said optic and outer ends extending radially from said optic, said plate haptics having thin narrow lateral edges and wider anterior and posterior surfaces than the narrow lateral edges, each haptic having a rectangular portion adjacent to and as wide as the optic and a straight portion therein which is thinner in the direction of the optical axis than adjacent portions thereof, and adjacent and tangential to the optic forming a hinge; and a plurality of protuberances extending outwardly from the distal ends of the haptics in the direction of the optical axis from at least one of the anterior and/or posterior sides of one or more of said haptics to fixate said haptic in a natural capsular bag of an eye.