Pre-loaded injector for use with intraocular lens

A method for assembling an injector for folding and injecting a deformable intraocular lens into the eye of a patient, comprising:

• inserting a plunger into an injector body through an end piece of the injector body, the injector having a flange disposed at a position proximal to a space for holding an unfolded deformable intraocular lens;
• inserting a plunger guide within the injector body;
• disposing an unfolded intraocular lens within an internal support cavity of a lens support within the space holding the unfolded deformable intraocular lens, and mounting the lens support on the plunger guide;
• assembling the injector body and a cap having a plurality of seal posts, the cap also having an interior space defining a cavity that, when the cap is mounted to the flange, defines a reservoir for holding a fluid to bathe an injection nozzle assembly, by aligning a plurality of seal holes and the plurality of seal posts in a one to one arrangement;
• introducing a sufficient volume of an aqueous solution though an opening in the reservoir to keep the lens wetted;
• fixing a flexible clamp to hold the cap onto the flange in a sealed relationship, the flexible clamp having an upper lip and a lower lip connected by a web to form a U-shaped channel, the flexible clamp configured to circumferentially engage an edge of the flange and a top edge of the cap in such a manner as to removably fix the cap to the flange in a fluid tight configuration onto the flange and the cap;
• packaging the injector in a sealable foil packaging;
• and sterilizing the packaged injector.