Patent ID: 7081134

Claim:
A posterior chamber lens implant for use after extracapsular surgery comprising: a front first lens having a first predetermined refractive power, said first lens having a convex front surface and a concave rear surface, a rear second lens having a second predetermined refractive power, said second lens having a convex front surface facing and nestable within said rear surface of said first lens, a support structure which maintains said rear surface of said first lens and said front surface of said second lens in a spaced apart and axially aligned relationship with respect to each other, said support structure comprises a plurality of support legs extending between and secured to said lenses, said support legs being circumferentially spaced from each other and wholly positioned within an outer perimeter of both of said lenses, said legs allowing compression of said first and second lenses together so that, upon compression of said lenses together, said second lens rests within said first lens, said support legs are sandwiched between said first and second lenses.