Patent ID: 8460311

Claim:
An intraocular lens implanting device for inserting an intraocular lens into an eyeball through an incision in the eyeball tissue, said intraocular lens implanting device comprising: a cylindrical main body; a storage part for the intraocular lens that is integrated with or is separate from the main body; and a plunger, for pushing out the intraocular lens stored in the storage part and discharging the lens into the eyeball, that has a distal end including a base part having a flat surface with an outer boundary defined by an edge, a height, a width, a first axis defined by a center of the height, and a second axis defined by a center of the width, and a protuberance, including a base end, with a center, that is adjacent to the flat surface and a free end that is distal of the base end, disposed on a periphery of the flat surface at a distance from the outer boundary of the flat surface, such that the base end of the protuberance is disposed entirely within an area defined by the outer boundary of the flat surface and the center of the base end is offset from the first and second axes, and wherein both the flat surface and the protuberance contact an optical part of the intraocular lens.