Method of implanting an intraocular lens system
AssigneeVisiogen, Inc.
InventorsGholam-Reza Zadno-Azizi, Tuan Anh Nguyen
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Abstract
There is disclosed an accommodating intraocular lens for implantation in an eye having an optical axis. The lens comprises an anterior portion which in turn comprises an anterior viewing element and an anterior biasing element. The lens further comprises a posterior portion which in turn comprises a posterior viewing element in spaced relationship to the anterior viewing element and a posterior biasing element. The anterior portion and posterior portion meet at first and second apices of the intraocular lens. The anterior portion and the posterior portion and/or the apices are responsive to force thereon to cause the separation between the viewing elements to change. Additional embodiments and methods are also disclosed.
Claims28
A method, comprising:
- providing an accommodating intraocular lens system having first and second viewing elements that are interconnected by biasing elements;
- translationally displacing the interconnected viewing elements relative to each other in a direction other than toward each other;
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- implanting the intraocular lens with the viewing elements so displaced.
A method for use with an accommodating intraocular lens having first and second viewing elements that are interconnected by biasing elements, said method comprising:
- non-rotationally displacing the interconnected viewing elements relative to each other in a direction other than toward each other;
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- implanting the intraocular lens with the viewing elements so displaced.
A method for use with an accommodating intraocular lens having first and second viewing elements that are interconnected by biasing elements, said method comprising:
- non-rotationally displacing the interconnected viewing elements relative to each other in a direction other than toward each other;
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- rolling or folding the intraocular lens with the viewing elements so displaced.
A method for use with an accommodating intraocular lens having first and second viewing elements that are interconnected by biasing elements and situated substantially on a common optical axis, said method comprising:
- displacing the interconnected viewing elements relative to each other in a direction other than along or about said optical axis;
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- rolling or folding the intraocular lens with the viewing elements so displaced.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.