Flexible intraocular lens injection device and storage shuttle for implementing same

A flexible intraocular lens injection device, comprising:

• a tubular body having a casing and an axial cavity, the tubular body also having a proximal end and a distal end;
• a plunger inserted into said axial cavity, at the proximal end, and movable in the axial cavity along an axial direction;
• a barrel arranged at said distal end of the tubular body and having an ejection cavity in communication with the axial cavity of the tubular body, the ejection cavity having a cross-section that decreases in the opposite direction to the tubular body;
• and
• a housing in the axial cavity of the tubular body for receiving a storage shuttle containing a flexible intraocular lens;
• wherein the casing of the tubular body has a side opening, which provides access from the outside to said housing, so as to allow the insertion of the storage shuttle into the housing, and wherein the casing carries a first outwardly-protruding rotary attachment configured to cooperate with a second rotary attachment provided on the storage shuttle, so that when in cooperation, the storage shuttle is configured to rotate around an axis of rotation parallel to said axial direction of the axial cavity of the tubular body, between a first position of the storage shuttle where it is outside the tubular body and a second position of the storage shuttle where it is loaded in the housing.