Patent ID: 7462193

Claim:
An intraocular ring assembly comprising: a first ring element having a center; a second ring element having a center; at least two recessions defined in said first ring element; and a biasing means provided between said first ring element and said second ring element; wherein said first and second ring elements are resiliently supported by said biasing means such that the center of said first ring element is in a coaxial relation with the center of said second ring element, and wherein said biasing means resiliently urges said first and second ring elements in a direction opposite to each other; wherein a first securing means is provided in said first ring element, whereas a second securing means is provided in said second ring element, and wherein said biasing means is secured by and between said first and second securing means; and wherein said biasing means comprises at least two elastic elements each having a configuration of generally figure-of-eight, and wherein each of said at least two elastic elements is secured, at one end portion thereof, to said first ring element by said first securing means, while being secured, at another end portion thereof, to said second ring element by said second securing means.