INYECTOR DE IMPLANTE INTRAOCULAR PRECARGABLE

Un retén de LIO (40) adaptado para mantener soltablemente una LIO (30) en un estado no sometido a esfuerzo, caracterizado porque dicho retén está adaptado para unirse extraiblemente a un inyector de LIO (12) manteniendo al mismo tiempo dicha LIO en dicho estado no sometido a esfuerzo, por lo que la extracción del retén del inyector de LIO da lugar a que la LIO se desacople del retén y se coloque en el inyector preparado para administración a su través y a un ojo. A preloaded intraocular lens injection device (10) includes a retainer (40) for releasably holding an IOL (30) in an unstressed state. The retainer and IOL are removably attached to an injector body (14) and are sealed in the same package for delivery to a surgeon. In an alternate embodiment, the retainer and IOL are coupled together and sealed in one package and the injector body is sealed in a separate package with the surgeon attaching the retainer to the injector body at the time of surgery. To deliver the IOL through the injector body, the retainer is removed from the injector body causing the IOL to release from the retainer and become located in an unstressed state in the injector body. A compressor is moved to the closed position to compress the IOL, the injector tip (18) is inserted through a small incision in an eye and a plunger (20) is advanced to push the IOL through and out the injector body tip and into an eye.