IOL insertion apparatus and method for making and using same
AssigneeAllergan Sales, Inc.
InventorsRobert E. Glick, Harish Makker, Shih-Liang S. Yang, Daniel G. Brady
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Abstract
Apparatus for inserting intraocular lenses (IOLs) into eyes include a hollow tube including a material and having an interior wall defining a hollow space through which an IOL is passed and an outlet through which the IOL is passed from the hollow space into an eye, and a water soluble lubricity enhancing component physically secured to said hollow tube and concentrated at or near the interior wall in an amount effective to facilitate the passage of the IOL through the hollow space.
Claims21
An apparatus for inserting an intraocular lens through a small incision into an eye comprising:
- a hollow tube including a material and having an interior wall defining a hollow space through which an intraocular lens is passed and an outlet through which said intraocular lens is passed from said hollow space into an eye;
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- a solid lubricity enhancing component selected from the group consisting of water soluble components and mixtures thereof physically secured, other than by covalent bonding, to said hollow tube and concentrated at or near said interior wall and being effective to facilitate the passage of said intraocular lens through said hollow space.
A method for making an apparatus for inserting an intraocular lens through a small incision into an eye, said method comprising:
- exposing a hollow tube including a material and having an interior wall defining a hollow space through which an intraocular lens is passed and an outlet through which the intraocular lens is passed from said hollow space into an eye to an effective plasma;
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- providing an effective amount of a lubricity enhancing component selected from the group consisting of water soluble components and mixtures thereof physically secured, other than by covalent bonding, to said hollow tube and concentrated at or near said interior wall, said exposing step and said providing step together being effective to facilitate the passage of an intraocular lens through said hollow space.
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