EP0804131A4
A method and apparatus for folding a deformable intraocular lens
Abstract
An intraocular lens injection system and method of injecting an intraocular lens. The intraocular lens injection system includes an injecting device with a converging passageway (416), and grooves (410) for curling the ends of the deformable intraocular lens (64) into a folded position prior to insertion into the eye.
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Numbers
- Publication, DOCDB
- 0804131
- Publication, EPODOC
- EP0804131
- Application
- 96903391
- Application, DOCDB
- 96903391
- Application, EPODOC
- EP19960903391
Titles3
- German
- VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM FALTEN EINER DEFORMIERBAREN INTRAOKULAREN LINSE
- English
- A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FOLDING A DEFORMABLE INTRAOCULAR LENS
- French
- PROCEDE ET APPAREIL POUR PLIER UN CRISTALLIN ARTIFICIEL DEFORMABLE
Classification
- CPC, 1
- A61F2/1664
- IPC, 2
- A61F9 007
- A61F2 16
Designated states17
- Contracting states, 17
- Austria
- Belgium
- Switzerland
- Germany
- Denmark
- Spain
- France
- United Kingdom
- Greece
- Ireland
- Italy
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Monaco
- Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
- Portugal
- Sweden