Device for securing an intraocular device in an eye
AssigneeBrockman-Hastings LLC
InventorsEdward Britt Brockman, Jeffrey Todd Hastings, Carlos Andres Jarro, James L. Russell
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Abstract
An eye implant has a body including (a) a receiver, (b) a first mounting clip and (c) a second mounting clip. The receiver is adapted to hold an intraocular device to be implanted in an eye. The receiver, the first mounting clip and the second mounting clip generally extend along a common arc.
Claims9
An eye implant, comprising a curvilinear body including (a) a receiver adapted to receive and hold an intraocular device to be implanted in an eye, (b) a first mounting clip and (c) a second mounting clip wherein (i) the first mounting clip and the second mounting clip are adapted to enclavate iris tissue to secure the eye implant without perforating the iris tissue and (ii) the eye implant is adapted so that the curvilinear body and the intraocular device held therein do not extend across the pupil and an optical axis of the eye in which the eye implant is implanted when fixed in position by the first and second mounting clips wherein (a) the first mounting clip and the second mounting clip open away from the receiver, (b) the first mounting clip and the second mounting clip are provided at opposed ends of said body, (c) the first mounting clip and the second mounting clip are centered upon a radius of curvature R1 of between about 4.2 mm and about 5.0 mm, (d) the receiver is also on said radius of curvature R1 between said first mounting clip and said second mounting clip, (e) the body includes a first edge having a radius of curvature R2, (f) the body includes a second edge having a radius of curvature R3, and (g) R2<R1<R3.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.