Anti-glare solutions for intraocular implants
AssigneeVisioncare Opthalmic Technologies, Inc.
InventorsEli Aharoni, Gideon Dotan
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Abstract
An intraocular implant, including an implant body adapted to have mounting haptics attached thereto, the implant body including a generally cylindrical portion and at least one sealing element mounted onto an end of the generally cylindrical portion, the intraocular implant also including at least one lens mounted within the implant body and an anti-glare coating layer covering at least part of an outer area of the generally cylindrical portion, and being operative to prevent glare caused by light rays passing through the implant body from obstructing a user's vision.
Claims14
An intraocular implant, comprising:
- an implant body adapted to have mounting haptics attached thereto, including:
- a generally cylindrical portion;
- and
- at least one sealing element mounted onto an end of said generally cylindrical portion;
- at least one lens mounted within said implant body;
- and
- an anti-glare coating layer covering at least part of an outer area of said generally cylindrical portion, and being operative to prevent glare caused by light rays passing through said implant body from obstructing a user's vision.
An intraocular implant, comprising an implant body and at least one lens, said implant body being at least partially coated by a metallic coating having a plurality of grooves formed therein, said grooves being operative to prevent the formation of eddy currents in said coating.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.