Patent ID: 8470030

Claim:
A device for the loading of a flexible intraocular lens into an injection cartridge having a receiving chamber for receiving a lens and a cannula, the device comprising: a tubular element having an internal passage, said passage comprising a receiving section for receiving the lens in a non-folded state; an intermediate truncated folding section and an end section capable of receiving the injection cartridge detachably, so that the truncated intermediate folding section leads into the receiving chamber of the injection cartridge; a supporting element mounted in said receiving section having a proximal portion sized to receive the lens in the non-folded state and a distal portion in contact with the lens and having at least an upper arm which defines a convex face extending distally along and within the intermediate truncated folding section; and a plunger comprising a rod that is mounted so as to be movable in the internal passage, capable of pushing the lens positioned in the receiving section through the truncated intermediate folding section to fold said lens gradually, then in the receiving chamber of the injection cartridge placed in the end section.