Patent ID: 8460242

Claim:
An apparatus for intraocular injection comprising a plate adapted for being brought into contact with an eye and a guide operably guiding a needle into an interior of the eye along a determined direction, the plate further comprising a periphery having a curved inwardly concave cut-out portion that substantially corresponds to a curve of a limbus delimiting a cornea and a sclera of the eye, wherein the curved inwardly concave cut-out portion is adapted to be positioned in substantial alignment over the corresponding curve of the limbus of the eye while leaving the cornea substantially exposed, so as to permit visual adjustment of a position of the guide with respect to the limbus, wherein the guide comprises a support having a hollow body, the hollow body comprising a fixed part and a mobile part which can slide relative to the fixed part, the mobile part being adapted for receiving a barrel of a syringe, such that the syringe and the mobile part can move in a common sliding movement relative to the fixed part, wherein the plate is integrally formed with the support.