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US 7,008,449 B2Granted
Refractive intraocular implant lens and method
OwnerTimothy R. Willis, Lyle E. Paul +1inventors
InventorsTimothy R. Willis, Lyle E. Paul, Joseph Collin
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Abstract
A refractive intraocular lens (104) and method of locating the lens within the eye and attaching the lens to the iris. The refractive intraocular lens (104) may be attached via a staple (230), a fastener (312), anchor (412) or by the tip of the haptic (118).
Claims10
A method of fixating in the eye, an intraocular lens comprising the steps of:
- inserting the intraocular lens having an optic for producing a preselected optical effect, the optic having an anterior side, a posterior side;
- and at least one haptic connected to the optic and extending outward from the optic and further, wherein the haptic includes an iris connector connecting the intraocular lens to the iris;
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- attaching the haptic to the iris between the sphincter muscle and the dilator muscle of the iris.
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A method of fixating in the eye, an intraocular lens comprising the steps of:
- inserting the intraocular lens having an optic for producing a preselected optical effect, the optic having an anterior side, a posterior side and at least one haptic connected to the optic and extending outward from the optic and further, wherein a fastener is operatively associated with the haptic for connecting the intraocular lens to the iris;
- and attaching the haptic is to the iris between the sphincter muscle and the dilator muscle of the iris.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.