Intraocular lens insertion system

A system for delivering an intraocular lens is disclosed, including: a handpiece (150) including a barrel (172) defining an elongate passage (520), a pushrod (510) disposed inside the elongate passage, and a plunger (180) coupled to the pushrod; and a delivery unit (200) coupled to a first end of th...

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Hauptverfasser:	COLE, Mark S, RUDDOCKS, David A, ANDERSON, Steven, SPRINGER, Kevin R
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PROSTHESES TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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Zusammenfassung:	A system for delivering an intraocular lens is disclosed, including: a handpiece (150) including a barrel (172) defining an elongate passage (520), a pushrod (510) disposed inside the elongate passage, and a plunger (180) coupled to the pushrod; and a delivery unit (200) coupled to a first end of the barrel, the delivery unit including a delivery tube and a lens holder (210) coupled to the delivery tube, the lens holder including a lead haptic shelf arranged to receive a lead haptic of an IOL that is contained inside the lens holder, wherein the lead haptic shelf is configured to fold the lead haptic of the IOL over a body of the IOL while permitting the IOL to travel under the lead haptic shelf when the IOL is displaced from the lens holder to the delivery tube by the pushrod during delivery of the IOL into a patient's eye.