Patent ID: 7947049

Claim:
A device for injecting a foldable IOL into an eye, said device comprising: an injector body including (a) a lumen sized to permit the IOL to be transported therethrough, the lumen having a proximal end, and an open tip wherethrough the IOL is expressed from said device, the injector body having a longitudinal axis extending between the proximal end the open tip, (b) a loading bay disposed in the lumen, and (c) an opening in said injector body, said opening being sized and shaped to receive the IOL and said opening configured and arranged to permit placement of the IOL in the loading bay, an inner diameter of the lumen at a location immediately adjacent and distal to the loading bay being less than an inner diameter of the lumen at the open tip a moveable compressor connected to the injector body proximate said opening configured and arranged to compress the IOL, the compressor movable in a direction across the longitudinal axis; a plunger having a shaft and a plunger tip configured to slide within said lumen, the plunger movable along the longitudinal axis, said plunger configured for engaging and pushing said IOL with the plunger tip, through said lumen and out said open tip.