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US 5,772,666 AGranted
Deformable intraocular lens injecting apparatus with deformable tip plunger
AssigneeStaar Surgical Company, Inc.
InventorsVladimir Feingold, Daniel C. Eagles
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Abstract
A deformable intraocular lens injecting apparatus having a movable plunger with a deformable plunger tip, preferably a resiliently deformable plunger tip. In a preferred embodiment, the plunger tip is made of soft resiliently deformable material to prevent any surface or internal damage to the deformable intraocular lens being forced through a delivery passageway of the lens injecting apparatus.
Claims11
A deformable intraocular lens injecting apparatus for implanting a deformable intraocular lens in an eye, comprising:
- a body portion having a lens delivery passageway;
- a movable plunger disposed within said body portion, said movable plunger including a deformable tip configured for advancing through the lens delivery passageway and forcing a deformable intraocular lens loaded in the lens injecting apparatus through the lens delivery passageway into the eye, said deformable tip being made of an expandable material that can absorb liquid and swell.
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