Patent ID: 7740636

Claim:
A method for inserting an intraocular lens (LOL) into an eye, the method comprising: providing a device with a body member and a plunger that is slidably received in the body member such that the plunger is slidable in a distal direction and is impeded from sliding in a proximal direction by a gripping device receivable within the body member and including a locking member and a collar with a circumferential seat for receiving the locking member, wherein the locking member is housed within the circumferential seat, wherein the circumferential seat is configured to face an inner surface of the body member, wherein the locking member engages the body member when the plunger is urged in the proximal direction to impede sliding the plunger in the proximal direction while permitting the plunger to slide in the distal direction; and urging the plunger in the distal direction.