Patent ID: 7985253

Claim:
An accommodating intraocular lens in which the optic comprises an integral central optical system supported by a solid fixed radius, flexible annular peripheral optical component forming a solid annular support, a central anterior optical component comprising a thin deformable membrane, a central liquid optical material, and a posterior central flexible optic component and annulus suspended from the solid annular support, the flexible posterior component is thicker and less resilient than the thinner anterior membrane, the annulus being thicker than the anterior component, the posterior optic component being designed to move forward and compress the central liquid optical material to thereby cause the thin anterior membrane to bulge forward increasing the refractive power of the lens upon an increase of vitreous cavity pressure with ciliary muscle contraction, the optical system being designed such that anterior movement of the posterior optical component will result in an anterior component movement and increasing its curvature and decreasing the radius of the anterior component to increase the power of the optic.