Delivery devices for implantation of intraocular lens support devices and methods of use
AssigneeLong Bridge Medical, Inc.
InventorsMatthew Clarke, Ayman Naseri
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Abstract
An insertion tool for delivering an implantable lens support device into an eye having a proximal end region; a distal end region having a distal hook; and an intermediate region connecting the distal end region to the proximal end region, the intermediate region being substantially planar. The distal end region and intermediate region are sized for insertion through a clear corneal incision. Related tools, methods, and devices are provided.
Claims29
A method of inserting into an eye an ophthalmic device for supporting an artificial intraocular lens, the method comprising:
- penetrating the eye at a first location with a distal end region of an insertion tool, the insertion tool having an ophthalmic device positioned inside it;
- injecting at least a portion of the ophthalmic device from the insertion tool;
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- manipulating the at least a portion of the ophthalmic device via a cannula penetrating the eye at a second location,
- wherein the cannula comprises a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end;
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- an overcap coupled to the proximal end of the shaft, wherein the cannula extends through a sclera of the eye at the second location so that the proximal end of the shaft remains outside the sclera of the eye and the distal end of the shaft extends within a vitreous chamber of the eye.
A method of inserting into an eye an ophthalmic device for supporting an artificial intraocular lens, the method comprising:
- positioning a cannula within a first penetration of an eye so that a distal end of the cannula is positioned within a vitreous chamber of the eye and a proximal end of the cannula is positioned external to a sclera of the eye;
- penetrating the eye with a distal end region of an insertion tool at a second penetration, the insertion tool having an ophthalmic device positioned inside it;
- injecting at least a portion of the ophthalmic device from the insertion tool into the eye;
- inserting a grasping tool through the cannula within the first penetration;
- manipulating the at least a portion of the ophthalmic device within the eye with the grasping tool;
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- withdrawing the at least a portion of the ophthalmic device through the sclera with the grasping tool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.