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US 2001/0012964 A1Published application
Accommodating multifocal intraocular lens
AssigneeVision Pharmaceuticals L.P.
InventorsAlan J. Lang, Valdemar Portney, Stephen W. Laguette
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Abstract
Intraocular lenses include a lens body sized and adapted for placement in a mammalian eye and having a plurality of different optical powers, and a movement assembly joined to the lens body and adapted to cooperate with the mammalian eye to effect accommodating movement of the lens body in the eye. Such intraocular lenses provide enhanced accommodation relative to the accommodation attainable using a single optical power IOL adapted for accommodating movement.
Claims20
An intraocular lens comprising:
- a lens body sized and adapted for placement in a mammalian eye, and having a plurality of different optical powers;
- and
- a movement assembly joined to the lens body and adapted to cooperate with the mammalian eye to effect accommodating movement of the lens body in the eye.
A combination comprising:
- a lens body sized and adapted for placement in a mammalian eye, and having a plurality of different optical powers;
- a movement assembly joined to the lens body and adapted to cooperate with the mammalian eye to effect accommodating movement of the lens body in the eye;
- and
- a lens element adapted for implantation in a capsular bag of the eye.
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