205 results about "Phakic iol" patented technology

An open chamber, accommodative, intraocular lens method and apparatus operable to be positioned within an evacuated capsular bag of a human eye following extracapsular extraction of a natural crystalline lens is provided having an anterior refractive lens optic, a first haptic segment having a first end and being connected at said first end to a peripheral portion of said anterior lens optic and a second end and said haptic segment extending in an elliptical curve, in longitudinal cross-section, along the the line of sight of the lens and at least a second haptic segment having a first end and being connected at said first end to a peripheral portion of said lens optic and a second end and said at least a second haptic segment extending in an elliptical curve, in longitudinal cross-section, and being operably joined with the second end of said first haptic segment to form an open chamber, elliptical shaped haptic accommodating support for the anterior lens within an evacuated capsular bag of a human eye.

A method of designing a multifocal ophthalmic lens with one base focus and at least one additional focus, capable of reducing aberrations of the eye for at least one of the foci after its implantation, comprising the steps of: (i) characterizing at least one corneal surface as a mathematical model; (ii) calculating the resulting aberrations of said corneal surface(s) by employing said mathematical model; (iii) modelling the multifocal ophthalmic lens such that a wavefront arriving from an optical system comprising said lens and said at least one corneal surface obtains reduced aberrations for at least one of the foci. There is also disclosed a method of selecting a multifocal intraocular lens, a method of designing a multifocal ophthalmic lens based on corneal data from a group of patients, and a multifocal ophthalmic lens.

The present invention provides an ophthalmic lens capable of correcting or minimizing presbyopia, or of functioning used as an anti-myopic lens. The ophthalmic lens can be a contact lens, a phakic intraocular lens or an aphakic intraocular lens. The ophthalmic lens comprises an optical zone, the optical zone having a first surface and an opposite second surface and including a coma-like wavefront aberration oriented vertically from the top to the bottom of the ophthalmic lens. In addition, the present invention provides a method for minimizing / correcting presbyopia or for preventing children's eyes from becoming severely myopic.

An intraocular lens for correcting or reducing the astigmatism of a cornea includes an optical element that has optical properties and characteristics that make it tolerant of rotational misalignment, when compared to a comparable lens having a uniform astigmatism orientation across its entire optical element, leading to more relaxed tolerances for a surgeon that implants the lens. The optical element of the toric ophthalmic lens has meridians associated therewith, including a high power meridian and a low power meridian orthogonal to the high power meridian. The optical element has at least one radially modulated meridian along which power monotonically varies with increasing radial position.

An adjustable ocular insert to be implanted during refractive cataract surgery and clear (human) crystalline lens refractive surgery and adjusted post-surgically. The implant comprises relatively soft but compressible and resilient base annulus designed to fit in the lens capsule and keep the lens capsule open. Alternatively the annulus may be placed in the anterior or posterior chamber. The annulus can include a pair of opposed haptics for secure positioning within the appropriate chamber. A rotatable annular lens member having external threads is threadedly engaged in the annulus. The lens member is rotated to move the lens forward or backward so to adjust and fine-tune the refractive power and focusing for hyperopia, myopia and astigmatism. The intraocular implant has a power range of approximately +3√0π−3 diopters.

An insertion device for an intraocular lens includes a lens-holding section having a cavity for accommodating an intraocular lens, a deforming section for deforming the lens to a reduced size, an insertion tube through which the deformed lens is inserted into an eye, a pusher mechanism for pushing and inserting the lens into the eye, and a lens-moving mechanism for moving the lens from a standby position to an insertion position at which the pusher mechanism can push and insert the lens into the eye. A lubricant is injected into the interior of the insertion tube and / or the cavity of the lens-holding section for smooth insertion of the lens. The insertion device has an indicating mark for indicating quantity of the injected lubricant. Further, the insertion device includes an erroneous operation prevention member for preventing accidental operation of the lens-moving mechanism.

An open chamber, accommodative, intraocular lens system operable to be positioned within an evacuated capsular bag of a human eye following extracapsular extraction of a natural crystalline lens is provided having an anterior refractive lens optic, a first haptic segment having a first end and being connected at said first end to a peripheral portion of said anterior lens optic and a second end and said haptic segment extending in an elliptical curve, in longitudinal cross-section, and at least a second haptic segment having a first end and being connected at said first end to a peripheral portion of said lens optic and a second end and said at least a second haptic segment extending in an elliptical curve, in longitudinal cross-section, and being operably joined with the second end of said first haptic segment to form an open chamber, elliptical shaped haptic accommodating support for the anterior lens within an evacuated capsular bag of a human eye.

A single-optic accommodative lens system comprising two intraocular elements. The two intraocular elements are designed to be located within the capsular bag to extend depth of focus and / or restore accommodation following extraction of a natural lens. A first intraocular element comprises a circumferential capsular ring having interlock features to couple to and control the dynamic vault response of a second intraocular element. This second intraocular element comprises an intraocular lens (IOL) having an optic and a plurality of haptics and is designed to move axially in response to changes in the geometry of the eye capsule and thus provide a range of accommodative power. The IOL further comprises interlock features complementary to the interlock features of the first intraocular element for coupling the IOL to the capsular ring in a manner that provides for controlled movement of the IOL in response to capsular forces. Capsular force can be applied to the IOL from anterior, posterior and / or intermediate sections of the capsule equator, resulting in movement of the IOL and commensurate accommodation.

An intraocular lens insertion device for inserting an intraocular lens capable of securely and safely pushing out the lens by a simple structure. An intraocular lens insertion device (1) comprises: a main body (3) having a lens placement portion (8) on which the lens (2) with a pair of loop parts (2b) at its optic part (2a) is placed, a transition portion (12) deforming the lens (2), and a nozzle portion (11) discharging the lens (2); and a lens push-out mechanism (4) pushing out the lens (2) placed on the lens placement portion (8). The lens push-out mechanism (4) comprises a plunger (16) pushing out the lens (2) and a slider (15) having a lens contact part (20) larger than the plunger (16). The slider (15) comprises an operating part (23) projected to the outside of the body (3).

A method of designing a multifocal ophthalmic lens with one base focus and at least one additional focus, capable of reducing aberrations of the eye for at least one of the foci after its implantation, comprising the steps of: (i) characterizing at least one corneal surface as a mathematical model; (ii) calculating the resulting aberrations of said corneal surface(s) by employing said mathematical model; (iii) modelling the multifocal ophthalmic lens such that a wavefront arriving from an optical system comprising said lens and said at least one corneal surface obtains reduced aberrations for at least one of the foci. There is also disclosed a method of selecting a multifocal intraocular lens, a method of designing a multifocal ophthalmic lens based on corneal data from a group of patients, and a multifocal ophthalmic lens.

An insertion device is used to deform a deformable intraocular lens to a reduced size and insert the deformed lens into an eye through an insertion tube. The insertion device includes a push rod for pushing and inserting the lens into the eye, and a posture control member disengagably engaged with a tip end portion of the push rod. The posture control member prevents deflection of the push rod from a center axis. The engagement between the posture control member and the push rod is broken when the push rod arrives at a predetermined position during a step of advancing the push rod.

Polysiloxanes suitable for the preparation of intraocular lenses by a crosslinking reaction, having a specific gravity of greater than about 1.0, a refractive index suitable for restoring the refractive power of the natural crystalline lens and a viscosity suitable for injection through a standard cannula are provided. Moreover, injectable intraocular lens material based on these polysiloxanes and methods of preparing intraocular lenses by direct injection into the capsular bag of the eye are also disclosed.

An intraocular lens having an anterior lens member (48) presenting an anterior light-converging optic (52) and a posterior lens member (50) presenting a posterior light-diverging optic (68) for magnifying an observed image onto large regions of the retina (32) to permit central focus in patients suffering from AMD and a method of implanting the lens into the human eye (10). The anterior light-converging optic (52) is operably coupled with a flexible body (58) which extends radially therefrom and presents opposing bights (62) presenting termini (66) when the lens is viewed in cross-section. The posterior light-diverging optic (68) is operably coupled with an annular flange (76) which is arcuate in cross-section and mates with termini. Both the anterior and the posterior lens members (48, 50) have positioning holes (70, 80) formed therein permitting surgical implantation thereof. The IOL (46) is constructed of a flexible synthetic resin material such as polymethylmethacrylate and permits focusing upon objects located near to and far from the viewer.

An intraocular lens includes an optical portion (7; 607; 907; 1107) of a transparent, deformable material, at least one haptic (5, 6; 205, 206; 405, 406, 706; 806; 905; 1005; 1105; 1205) radially projecting from the optical portion for supporting the optical portion in a position parallel to and against an anterior iris surface plane (936; 1136), and at least one aperture (13; 213; 713; 913; 1013; 1113) bounded by the haptic. At least a stiff portion of the haptic has a higher stiffness against bending about an axis in the radial direction than the optical portion. Furthermore, the stiff portion has a width (a) measured parallel to the plane and perpendicular to the radial direction, which is smaller than the size (b) of the optical portion in the direction of the width. An instrument and methods for preparing and carrying out insertion of such a lens are also described.

An ophthalmic method for determining a relationship between aphakic ocular power and estimated effective lens position (ELP) of an intraocular lens (IOL) to be implanted in a patient's eye. The method can be used to determine an estimate of the ELP of an IOL given the aphakic ocular power of the patient's eye, for example, without measurement of the corneal curvature or axial length of the patient's eye. The estimate of ELP can then be used to determine a suitable value of optical power for the IOL to be implanted in the patient's eye.

Provided herein are a devices, ophthalmic lens systems and methods for restoring natural tension and anatomy of a lens capsule post-surgically in an eye of a subject. The device generally comprises an inward tensioning ring-like structure having a shape configured to circumferentially fit within and be anchored to a post-surgical lens capsule of the eye. The device may have one or both of external and internal grooves formed to receive the lens capsule and one or both of an intraoptical lens or a tensioning element. The ophthalmic lens system generally comprises the device and an intraocular lens inserted therein. The anchored device provides tension to an equatorial area of the capsule resulting in a decrease in equatorial diameter.

An insertion device is used to deform a deformable intraocular lens to a reduced size and insert the deformed lens into an eye through an insertion tube. The insertion device includes a push rod for pushing and inserting the lens into the eye, and a posture control member disengagably engaged with a tip end portion of the push rod. The posture control member prevents deflection of the push rod from a center axis. The engagement between the posture control member and the push rod is broken when the push rod arrives at a predetermined position during a step of advancing the push rod.

Modular IOL removal systems and methods that cut an optic portion of an intraocular in a single motion such to facilitate removal of the optic portion from an eye through an incision, for example a corneal incision, without increasing the size of the corneal incision. Various cutting tools having one or more blades may be utilized. The cut intraocular lens may have one continuous cut or be cut into multiple smaller pieces. The single cutting step may apply balanced forces and torque to avoid damaging the surrounding eye anatomy, reducing the risk of trauma.

Intraocular lenses (IOLs) that improve lens stability by, for example, increasing anterior-posterior stiffness of the IOL, increasing anterior-posterior dimensions of the IOL and / or increasing contact area with the equator of the bag to resist movement of the IOL as the bag collapses over time. These IOLs may be non-modular (single component) or modular (multiple component). In modular embodiments, the IOL system may include intraocular base and optic components, which, when combined, form a modular IOL.

An insertion device can deform a deformable intraocular lens into a smaller size and insert the intraocular lens into the eye. The insertion device includes a device body; an insertion tube attached to a front end of the device body and adapted to be inserted into the eye; and a push rod axially movable within the device body and the insertion tube and adapted to insert the intraocular lens into the eye when advanced. A drive member is rotatably provided at a rear end of the push rod. A motion conversion mechanism is disposed between the device body and the drive member and is adapted to axially move the drive member, upon rotation of the drive member, in order to axially move the push rod. A push member is provided at the rear end of the push rod and projects rearward from the drive member.

An intraocular lens insertion device capable of folding an intraocular lens into a predetermined shape without giving a local stress to the intraocular lens. The intraocular lens insertion device 2 includes a lens disposing part 15 for disposing an intraocular lens 4, a slider 7 for pushing out the intraocular lens 4, a plunger 8 for further pushing out the intraocular lens pushed out by the slider 7, a transition part 31 for deforming the intraocular lens 4 pushed out by the slider and the plunger, and a nozzle 32 for ejecting out the deformed intraocular lens 4. The slider 7 includes a lens push-out part 47 having a larger contact area than the plunger 8 and a lens holder 52 holding one face of an optical part 4b of the intraocular lens 4 in one direction. The transition part 31 deforms a portion of an outer edge of the intraocular lens 4 parallel to the lens traveling direction in an other direction opposite to the one direction.

An apparatus and method for reducing intraocular pressure in a patient's eye is provided. A deformable intraocular member having a relaxed state with a relaxed profile having a first width, a first energized state with a first profile having a second width, and a second energized state with a second profile having a third width is provided. The deformable intraocular member relaxed state width is greater than the width of a lens capsule which surrounds a lens of the patient's eye prior to cataract surgery. The second energized state width is greater than the patient's lens capsule width after cataract surgery and smaller than the width in the relaxed state. The deformable intraocular member in the second energized state is configured to urge deformation of the lens capsule to thereby promote opening of a trabecular meshwork and canal of Schlemm of the patient's eye to promote drainage of aqueous humor from an anterior chamber and reduce intraocular pressure in the patient's eye.

An intraocular lens insertion device comprises a pad formed by an elastic element harmless to a living body, a drawing thread mounted on a rear portion of the pad, and an insert portion formed at a front portion of the pad. The insert portion has a shape suitable to fit into a ciliary sulcus of an aphakic eye. The pad has a thickness capable of covering a tip end of a surgical needle.

An adjustable multifocal intraocular lens system for an individual's eye, includes a base multifocal intraocular lens having an optic with an optical axis, a peripheral edge, a multifocal optical power anterior surface and a posterior surface along with an attachment for maintaining said base multifocal lens in the individual's eye with the optical axis centered along an eye optical axis. An enhanced multifocal intraocular lens is provided with an optic with a peripheral edge, an anterior surface and a reverse multifocal optical power posterior surface, and a coupling enables assembly of the base lens and enhance lens with the enhance lens posterior surface overlaying the base lens anterior surface in order that the enhance intraocular lens reverse multifocal surface adjust multifocal powers of the base IOL by substantially masking near power of the base multifocal intraocular lens.

This relates to a lens made of donor corneal tissue suitable for use as a contact lens or an implanted lens, to a method of preparing that lens, and to a technique of placing the lens on the eye. The lens is made of donor corneal tissue that is acellularized by removing native epithelium and keratocytes. These cells optionally are replaced with human epithelium and keratocytes to form a lens that has a structural anatomy similar to human cornea. The ocular lens may be used to correct conditions such as astigmatism, myopia, aphakia, and presbyopia.

The invention relates to an accommodative lens implant controlled by the ciliary muscle, consisting of at least one or more lenses made of preferably biocompatible material and disposed on a common optical axis, the at least one lens being a component of a flexible, closed implant body that is transparent in the region of the actual lens, is engaged at its outer periphery with the ciliary muscle, and has a main axis that coincides with the visual axis, and in addition at least part of the implant body with the lens or lenses comprises a fluid filling, such that the axial position of the lens or the lens system can be altered by activation of the ciliary muscle, the implant body being inserted in the sulcus of the posterior chamber of the eye or attached to the ciliary muscle.

There is disclosed herein a “piggyback” cylindrical (toric) intraocular lens for placement in front of an accommodating or standard intraocular lens that is already in the capsular bag of the eye. This additional lens is placed in the sulcus, which leaves a significant space between the two lenses, particularly if the lens in the capsular bag is vaulted backwards.