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US 5,860,984 AGranted
Spring biased deformable intraocular injecting apparatus
AssigneeStaar Surgical Company, Inc.
InventorsThomas J. Chambers, Vladimir Feingold, Daniel C. Eagles
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Abstract
A deformable intraocular lens injecting apparatus including a spring biased plunger. A preferred embodiment of the lens injecting apparatus includes a separate lens injecting device having a lens cartridge receiver, and a separate one-piece lens cartridge having a lens holding portion connected to a nozzle portion. The lens cartridge is preferably connected into the lens cartridge receiver by a bayonet-type connection.
Claims13
A deformable intraocular lens injecting apparatus, comprising:
- a housing provided with a lens delivery passageway;
- a plunger slidably disposed within said housing;
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- a spring connected between said housing and said plunger for biasing rearwardly said plunger when being advanced forward by a user for forcing the deformable intraocular lens through said lens delivery passageway;
- wherein said lens injecting apparatus comprises a lens injecting device having a lens cartridge receiver, and a lens cartridge removably inserted and connected in said lens cartridge receiver of said lens injecting device;
- said lens injecting apparatus further comprising a locking arrangement between said lens cartridge and said lens injecting device;
- wherein said locking arrangement is a bayonet-type locking arrangement.
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