Patent ID: 8545556

Claim:
An implantable intraocular lens adapted for positioning within the capsule of a human eye as a replacement for the natural lens, said intraocular lens comprising: an optic comprising a resilient, shape-retaining synthetic material; an optic positioning member operably coupled with said optic and responsive to ciliary body movement in order to change the shape of said optic between a first optic shape and a second optic shape, where said second optic shape has a thickness that is greater than said first optic shape, said positioning member comprising a plurality of circumferentially spaced-apart, haptic arms extending radially from said optic, and a plurality of circumferentially spaced-apart, arcuate in cross-section, positioning legs which are joined with said arms at a bight causing said arms and optic to lie substantially within a plane created by the equator of the lens, wherein said positioning legs extend both anteriorly and posteriorly, and wherein said positioning legs are connected to each other by an annular segment.