Artificial eye lens and method of implanting same

An intraocular lens, insertable into the capsular bag after capsulorhexis capsulotomy, comprising a central convex optical portion with opposed lens surfaces and two fixation loop appendages having a base extending from the periphery of said optical portion and substantially in the horizontal plane thereof, characterized in that one of said loop appendages is double spring-like and curves from said periphery of said optical portion in a curvilinear "reverse S" shape, said loop being insertable first into said capsular bag, and the other said loop appendage extends from the same side of the periphery curving in the opposite direction in a curve from the said optical portion, said other loop appendage defining a curvilinear "C" shape which is smoothly slidable into said capsular bag, the overall length of the lens being between 11.0 and 12.0 mm, inclusive, and the outer distance of both loops from the optical portion along its central axis being equal.