Hydraulic delivery of surgical implants

An apparatus for implanting a lens into an eye, the apparatus comprising:

• a nozzle having a delivery lumen;
• an implant bay coupled to the nozzle;
• a fluid chamber;
• a bypass channel;
• a plunger having a first end, a second end, and a bore between the first end and the second end;
• and
• a drive seal;
• wherein the plunger is movable between a first position and a second position to advance the lens from the implant bay to the delivery lumen, the bore being fluidly isolated from the fluid chamber in the first position and fluidly coupled to the fluid chamber through the bypass channel in the second position, and the drive seal is configured to move fluid from the fluid chamber through the bypass channel and the bore in the second position to advance the lens through the delivery lumen.