Patent ID: 8888845

Claim:
A method of folding a multiple element IOL comprising a first optical element and a second optical element that are aligned along an optical axis, the first optical element and second optical element coupled together by two or more haptics, the method comprising: folding the first optical element and folding the second optical element; wherein the steps of folding the first optical element and folding the second optical element comprise the steps of: (i) folding the first optical element; and (ii) folding the second optical element such that the second optical element at least partially surrounds the first optical element; wherein after the steps of folding, both the first optical element and the second optical element are substantially aligned along the optical axis; and the first optical element is folded such that radially outer-most portions of the first optical element are displaced towards the second optical element; wherein the step of folding the first optical element occurs prior to the step of folding the second optical element.