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Holder for dual optic IOL

a dual-optic iol and holder technology, applied in the field of devices and methods for holding and/or packaging optical lenses, to achieve the effect of safe suppor

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-02-23
BAUSCH & LOMB INC
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[0009] The present invention provides a holder and / or package for safely supporting a two optic accommodating intraocular lens device. In a preferred embodiment, the holder acts as the package for storage and shipment of the IOL device to a surgeon. The holder / package includes a base with spaced support posts extending substantially perpendicularly therefrom which removably support the haptics of the IOL device. The posterior optic and anterior optic extend freely therefrom in their normally spaced condition and substantially untouched by the holder. In an advantageous embodiment, the holder acts as the package for storing and shipping the IOL device to a surgeon while maintaining the optics in their spaced condition.

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Typically such measurements and processes require the two optics of the device be held in their normally spaced apart condition since contacting of the optical surfaces with each other or with parts of the holder could damage the delicate lenses.

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[0021] Referring now to the drawing, there is seen in FIG. 1 a representative embodiment of an accommodative intraocular device 10 which may be used with the present invention. Briefly, lens device 10 includes first and second optics 12, 14 interconnected by one or more, but preferably three haptics 16a, 16b and 16c defining three open spaces 18a, 18b, 18c therebetween, respectively. Haptics 16a-c bow outwardly past the optic perimeters 12p, 14p and are flexible whereby the optics may move alternately toward and away from each other generally along the optical axis x-x. Optics 12, 14 are preferably flexible and may be made of any suitable IOL lens material such as silicone, for example. It is understood that the present invention is a holder / package for a lens device and therefore the particular optic and haptic configurations of a lens device which may be supported by the inventive holder / package may vary from the exemplary lens shown and described herein.

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Abstract

The present invention provides a holder / package for supporting a two optic accommodating intraocular lens device. The holder / package is capable of holding the device, for example while taking measurements or performing manufacturing process steps on the device and / or for packaging and shipping of the device. In a preferred embodiment, the holder / package supports the device along first and second haptics thereof with the optics substantially untouched by the holder / package.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates to devices and methods for holding and / or packaging optical lenses such as intraocular lenses. More particularly, the present invention relates to a holder and / or packaging device and method for safely supporting an accommodating intraocular lens device having at least two optics interconnected by one or more haptics. [0002] Intraocular lenses having a single optic have been known and used for many years. More recently, accommodating intraocular lens devices having two optics interconnected by one or more haptics have been disclosed in the following U.S. patents and applications to Faezeh Sarfarazi, the entirety of which are incorporated herein by reference: [0003] U.S. Pat. No. 5,275,623 “Elliptical Accommodative Intraocular Lens For Small Incision Surgery”; [0004] U.S. Pat. No. 6,423,094 “Accommodative Lens Formed From Sheet Material”; [0005] U.S. Pat. No. 6,488,708 “Open Chamber Elliptical Accommodative Intraocular ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A45C11/04
CPCA61F2/1691A61F2/1648A45C11/04A61F2/16
Inventor JIN, WEN X.RICHARDSON, GARY A.EGAN, ROBERT J.SPOOR, RONALD D.HOVEY, LARRY C.
Owner BAUSCH & LOMB INC
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