Patent ID: 8758435

Claim:
An intraocular lens comprising: an optic being substantially circular and having an optic anterior surface, an optic posterior surface, and an optic edge surface at a periphery of the optic, the optic edge surface connecting the optic anterior surface and the optic posterior surface; and at least two haptics, each haptic having a shoulder segment coupled to the periphery of the optic, an arm segment extending out from the shoulder segment, a haptic anterior surface, and a haptic posterior surface; wherein a central optic plane divides the optic edge surface in half, wherein a central haptic plane divides the arm segment in half, and the central haptic plane is spaced apart in an anterior direction from the central optic plane, and wherein a thickness of the shoulder segment increases continuously from the periphery of the optic to the arm segment of the haptic, and the thickness is measured in a direction parallel to an optical axis of the optic, wherein the haptic anterior surface of each haptic comprises a taper surface extending across the shoulder segment, the taper surface is simultaneously curved and concave throughout the taper surface, the taper surface intersects an anterior arm surface of the arm segment, the intersection forms a discontinuity between the taper surface and the anterior arm surface, and the anterior arm surface is planar.