Apparatus and Methods for Loading of an IOL Injector
AssigneeBausch & Lomb Incorporated
InventorJoel Pynson
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Abstract
An IOL injector body including an injector body segment defining a portion of a lumen, and a first loading chamber component coupled to the injector body segments and a second loading chamber component hingedly coupled to the first loading chamber component. The second loading chamber component is capable of rotating about an axis that is parallel to the lumen. An IOL vial including a vial base and an injector guide rotatably mounted in said base, whereby an injector can be inserted along the injector guide and rotated such that a folded IOL can be obtained in the injector. A method of loading an IOL injector with an IOL the method that comprises inserting the IOL injector body into a vial and rotating the IOL injector body relative to the vial to obtain the IOL in the IOL injector body.
Claims13
An IOL injector, comprising:
- an injector body having a loading chamber and defining a lumen extending along a longitudinal axis, an opening to the loading chamber being defined by a tapered edge, the edge extending in the direction of the longitudinal axis.
An IOL vial comprising a convexly curved interior surface and a flexible arm adapted to maintain an IOL against a surface opposite the convexly curved surface.
The method of claim 12, wherein the IOL injector has a lumen with a longitudinal axis and the step of rotating comprises rotation about an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis.
The method of claim 12, wherein the IOL injector has a lumen, and wherein upon rotation a first loading chamber component and a second loading chamber component combine to form a portion of the lumen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.