Intraocular lens fixing device
OwnerTakuya Kataokainventor
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Abstract
An intraocular lens fixing device for fixing in an eyeball an intraocular lens having a plurality of haptics is provided, the intraocular lens fixing device comprising: a linear member stretched in the eyeball; and a plurality of haptic retaining members, each being provided to correspond to and retain each of the plurality of haptics and supported in the space of the eyeball by the linear member, wherein the linear member is secured to each of the plurality of haptic retaining members and the haptic retaining member are made of a flexible material.
Claims10
An intraocular lens fixing device for fixing in an eyeball an intraocular lens having a plurality of haptics, the intraocular lens fixing device comprising:
- a plurality of independent haptic retaining pouches, each being provided to correspond to and retain each of the plurality of haptics and having an inner side constituting an entrance into which a corresponding one of the plurality of haptics inserts;
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- a first filamentary element secured to one of longitudinally opposite end portions of each haptic retaining pouch and a second filamentary element secured to the other of the longitudinally opposite end portions of each haptic retaining pouch, wherein the opposite end portions are along the entrance-constituting inner side of the respective haptic retaining pouches, the first and second filamentary elements for being stretched through the eyeball to support each haptic retaining pouch in a cavity within the eyeball.
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