Patent ID: 7435258

Claim:
An accommodating intraocular lens device configured to be implanted into an eye, said lens device comprising: a single circular-shaped lens optic portion configured to be initially located in a reference plane oriented substantially perpendicular to a central focal axis of the eye when said lens device is implanted within the eye; a lens plate haptic portion surrounding said lens optic portion at a predetermined distance by a circular-shaped through hole separating said lens optic portion from said lens plate haptic portion, said lens plate haptic portion configured to bow when forces are applied by the eye inwardly on opposite edges of said plate haptic portion, said plate haptic portion being located in said reference plane; and at least one lens connection portion defined by said circular-shaped through hole and configured to connect said lens optic portion to said lens plate haptic portion, said lens plate haptic portion and said lens connection portion configured to move said lens optic portion in and out of said reference plane in a manner to focus the eye when force is applied by the eye inwardly to said opposite edges of said plate haptic portion causing said plate haptic portion to bow.