Intraocular Lens with Accommodation
AssigneeAnew Optics, Inc.
InventorsRobert E. Kellan, Paul Koch
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Abstract
An accommodating intraocular implant apparatus is disclosed for implantation in the human eye. The apparatus includes an optic portion having a periphery and an optic axis, said optic portion lying substantially within an optic plane transverse to said optic axis; at least one flexible haptic extending from a point on or near the periphery of the optic portion; at least one flexible haptic having a fixation anchor portion distal to the periphery of the optic portion; and at least one flexible haptic having a centering anchor portion. The fixation anchor portion and the centering anchor portion are adapted to couple to a portion of the eye.
Claims30
An accommodating intraocular implant apparatus for implantation in the human eye, comprising:
- an optic portion having a periphery and an optic axis, said optic portion lying substantially within an optic plane transverse to said optic axis;
- at least one flexible haptic extending from a point on or near the periphery of the optic portion;
- at least one flexible haptic having a fixation anchor portion distal to the periphery of the optic portion;
- and
- at least one flexible haptic having a centering anchor portion distal to the periphery of the optic portion,
- wherein the fixation anchor portion and the centering anchor portion are adapted to couple to a portion of the eye.
A method for correcting vision in a human eye comprising:
- implanting an accommodating intraocular implant in the eye, said intraocular implant including:
- an optic portion having a periphery and an optic axis, said optic portion lying substantially within an optic plane transverse to said optic axis;
- at least one flexible haptic extending from a point on or near the periphery of the optic portion;
- at least one flexible haptic having a fixation anchor portion distal to the periphery of the optic portion;
- and
- at least one flexible haptic having a centering anchor portion,
- wherein the fixation anchor portion and the centering anchor portion are adapted to couple to a portion of the eye.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.