Intraocular lens packaging system, method of producing, and method of using
AssigneeBausch & Lomb Surgical, Inc.
InventorsGary L. Guenthner, Glenn Thomas Stefaniak, Brian Monroe McMaster, Bradly Adams
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Abstract
An intraocular lens implant packaging system equipped with a mechanism for holding and folding a foldable intraocular lens implant having been packaged and sterilized therein. The packaging system includes a bottle or vial, a sealing apparatus, and a retainer member that removably locks onto the bottle and maintains the sealing apparatus in proper sealing alignment over an open end of the bottle. The intraocular lens implant stored within the bottle is protected during sterilization, storage and transportation such that the intraocular lens is not dislocated or damaged before its intended use.
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An intraocular lens implant packaging system comprising:
- a bottle of a defined volume;
- a cap capable of removably sealing an opening in said bottle;
- two spaced arm members forming a non-surgical lens holder portion sized to fit within the defined volume of said bottle;
- and
- spaced lens notches on said spaced arm members;
- whereby an intraocular lens implant may be positioned between said lens notches until use, and
- whereby said spaced arm members may be positioned in relatively closer proximity to one another to optionally fold said intraocular lens implant prior to use.
An intraocular lens implant packaging system comprising:
- a bottle of a defined volume;
- a cap capable of removably sealing an opening in said bottle;
- two spaced arm members forming a non-surgical lens holder portion sized to fit within the defined volume of said bottle;
- spaced lens notches on said spaced arm members;
- and
- an intraocular lens implant positioned between said lens notches of said spaced arm members,
- whereby said spaced arm members may be positioned in relatively closer proximity to one another to optionally fold said intraocular lens implant prior to use.
A method of producing an intraocular lens implant packaging system comprising:
- obtaining a bottle of defined volume;
- placing an intraocular lens implant positioned between at least two spaced lens notches on two spaced arm members forming a non-surgical lens holder portion within said bottle;
- and
- sealing said bottle with a removable cap;
- whereby said spaced arm members are suitable for positioning in a relatively closer proximity to one another to enable the same to be useful in folding said intraocular lens implant prior to use.
A method of producing an intraocular lens implant packaging system comprising:
- obtaining a bottle of defined volume;
- placing a retainer portion and an engaged intraocular lens non-surgical lens holder portion with an intraocular lens implant positioned between at least two spaced lens notches on two spaced arm members forming said non-surgical lens holder portion in said bottle;
- and
- sealing said bottle with a removable cap;
- whereby said spaced arm members are suitable for positioning in a relatively closer proximity to one another to enable the same to be useful in folding said intraocular lens implant prior to use.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.