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| 20090076603 | PARTIAL COATING OF INTRAOCULAR LENSES USING ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE CHEMCIAL VAPOR DEPOSITION - An atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition apparatus has been developed for partially coating acrylic based intraocular lenses. In one embodiment intraocular lenses may be coated with a hydrophilic material comprising silicone dioxide and polyethylene glycol. In another embodiment the haptics may be coated with hydrophilic material, which aids in the post implantation unfolding of the lenses while not diminishing posterior bag adhesion of the hydrophobic surface of the untreated optic portion. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090088842 | Intraocular Lens - An IOL having a depressed inner optic area and a thickened or raised peripheral outer lip or rim integrally formed with the optic. Such a design reduces the mass of the IOL, making the lens easier to insert in a very small incision, without damaging the optic or compromising the stability of the IOL. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090222087 | Capsular Implant For Maintaining The shape and/or Position of an Opening Formed by Capsulorhexis - A device and method for maintaining the shape and/or position of an opening formed by a capsulorhexis. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090265000 | SMALL INCISION INTRAOCULAR LENS WITH ANTI-PCO FEATURE - A thin intraocular lens for inhibiting posterior capsular opacification (PCO) includes an optic having an anterior concave region, a posterior concave region, a sharp edge which extends posteriorly and between the posterior concave region and at least a portion of an outer-most peripheral edge surface. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20100137983 | Intraocular Lens - A system and method for inserting an intraocular lens in a patient's eye includes a light source for generating a light beam, a scanner for deflecting the light beam to form an enclosed treatment pattern that includes a registration feature, and a delivery system for delivering the enclosed treatment pattern to target tissue in the patient's eye to form an enclosed incision therein having the registration feature. An intraocular lens is placed within the enclosed incision, wherein the intraocular lens has a registration feature that engages with the registration feature of the enclosed incision. Alternately, the scanner can make a separate registration incision for a post that is connected to the intraocular lens via a strut member. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100262235 | Lens Assembly for Depth of Focus - An intraocular lens assembly for increased depth of focus has a frame configurated to vault posteriorly in an eye and an optic attached thereto. Pressure from ciliary muscle contraction moves the optic anteriorly to focus the eye for near vision. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100318186 | OPHTHALMIC LENSES WITH ENHANCED SURFACE AND METHODS OF FABRICATION THEREOF - An ophthalmic lens for providing enhanced vision includes a finished optic comprising a base optic and a membrane. The base optic has an anterior surface and an opposing posterior surface, at least one of the surfaces having a first value of a surface quality parameter. The base optic also includes a membrane including an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface covering one or more of the surfaces of the base optic. The outer surface has a second value of the surface quality parameter, wherein the second value is greater than the first value. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110029075 | REFRACTIVE INTRAOCULAR IMPLANT LENS AND METHOD - A refractive intraocular lens ( | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110040379 | INTRAOCULAR LENS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ACCOMMODATIVE VISION - An accommodating intraocular lens for providing a range of accommodative vision contains an optic and a haptic. The optic is disposed about an optical axis and includes an anterior surface and a posterior surface defining a clear aperture of the optic. The haptic is at least partially disposed inside the optic and includes an inner structure, an outer structure, and a plurality of arms disposed between and connecting the inner structure and the outer structure. The inner structure is circumferentially disposed about the optical axis, while the outer structure is circumferentially disposed about the inner structure and has an outer face. Each arm has proximal portion adjacent the inner structure and a distal portion adjacent the outer structure that is bifurcated in a radial direction from the proximal portion. The intraocular lens also has an outer surface defined by outer surfaces of the plurality of arms and an outer surface of the outer structure. The inner structure and at least a portion of the arms are disposed inside the clear aperture. The distal portion of each arm has a larger axial extent than an axial extent of the inner portion. The distal portion of each arm has a larger axial extent along the outer surface than an axial extent of the outer structure along the outer surface. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110054602 | ACCOMMODATING INTRAOCULAR LENS WITH OUTER SUPPORT STRUCTURE - An intraocular lens for insertion into the capsular bag of an eye contains an optic, an outer periphery, and an outer support structure. The optic has a periphery and centered about an optical axis. The outer periphery is disposed about the optic and configured to engage an equatorial region of the capsular bag of an eye. The outer support structure is disposed along the periphery and spaced from the optic with voids outer support structure and the optic. The intraocular lens further comprises a first intermediate member and a weakened region disposed along the outer periphery between the outer support structure and the first intermediate member. The first intermediate member operably couples the optic and the outer support structure. The weakened region is attached to, and configured to provide relative motion between, the outer support structure and the first intermediate member in response to the ciliary muscle of the eye. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110054603 | Intraocular lens - An IOL having a depressed inner optic area and a thickened or raised peripheral outer lip or rim integrally formed with the optic. Such a design reduces the mass of the IOL, making the lens easier to insert in a very small incision, without damaging the optic or compromising the stability of the IOL. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110082544 | ACCOMMODATING LENS ASSEMBLY - A method of anchoring an accommodating intraocular lens assembly in the posterior chamber of an eye whereby the lens assembly includes an optical axis that corresponds with the visual axis of a human eye. The posterior chamber includes a ciliary sulcus and a capsular unit with a collapsed natural lens capsule located therein. The assembly includes a substantially rigid haptics element having first and second haptic portions, which, when anchored, define a plane that intersects the visual axis of the eye. The haptics element secures the accommodating lens assembly within the posterior chamber outside the collapsed natural lens capsule and allows light to be transmitted therethrough at least in a region around said optical axis. A lens structure includes at least a resilient lens body located at least partially along the visual axis when the lens assembly is anchored in the posterior chamber of the eye. The method includes the steps of, (1) introducing the first haptic portion, which includes a first anchor portion projecting therefrom, into the posterior chamber of the eye until the first anchor portion is anchored in the scleral wall at a desired location; and (2) moving the second haptic portion, which comprises a second anchor portion projecting therefrom, until the second anchor portion is anchored in the scleral wall on the opposite side of the lens from the first anchor portion and the lens structure is in contact with the collapsed natural lens, whereby the collapsed natural lens capsule will be prestressed and deform the lens body relative to and substantially independently of the haptics element in relation to the force the capsular unit applies directly or indirectly to the lens body along the optical axis. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110087324 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLANTING AND EXAMINING INTRAOCULAR LENS - Systems and methods for designing and implanting a customized intra-ocular lens (IOL) is disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes an eye analysis module that analyzes a patient's eye and generates biometric information relating to the eye. The system also includes eye modeling and optimization modules to generate an optimized IOL model based upon the biometric information and other inputted parameters representative of patient preferences. The system further includes a manufacturing module configured manufacture the customized IOL based on the optimized IOL model. In addition, the system can include an intra-operative real time analyzer configured to measure and display topography and aberrometry information related to a patient's eye for assisting in proper implantation of the IOL. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110112637 | INTRAOCULAR LENS - Intraocular lens ( | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110112638 | ACCOMMODATING INTRAOCULAR LENSES AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS, FRAMES, AND METHODS - An intraocular lens for providing accommodative vision to a subject includes a frame disposed about an optical axis, a first optical element, a second optical element, and a connecting element operably coupling the frame to the optical elements. The frame comprises an anterior frame element and a posterior frame element. The connecting element is configured to convert a first displacement between the frame elements in a direction that is substantially parallel to the optical axis into a second displacement between the optical elements that is substantially perpendicular to the optical axis. The second displacement may be translational and/or rotation. In some embodiments, the optical elements are two varifocal lenses. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110144746 | Intraocular Lens - An intraocular lens comprising: (a) monomeric units derived from at least one cationically polymerizable branched alkene monomer; (b) monomeric units derived from at least one cationically polymerizable monomer having a pendant benzocyclobutene group; and (c) a UV-absorbing benzotriazole component having the formula I. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110153015 | ACCOMMODATING INTRAOCULAR LENS - An accommodating intraocular lens (AIOL) construction having optics ( | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110160853 | CAPSULAR TENSION RING WITH COIL FOR INDUCTIVE COUPLING TO AN EXTERNAL ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD - A closed capsular tension ring, with a coil having at least one winding turn | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110224788 | INFLATABLE INTRA OCULAR LENS/LENS RETAINER - The invention provides for an inflatable intra ocular lens/lens retainer or a system of inflatable intra ocular lens/lens retainers, which are fitted into an aphakic eye, to substantially occupy the space previously held by the crystalline lens to retain and secure the position of delicate intra ocular structures of the eye. The inflatable lens/lens retainer may also be used suspend optical interfaces along the visual axis of the eye. The inflatable intra ocular lens/lens retainer may be pressed against residual elements of the lens capsule to re-establish accommodation. In the absence of a lens capsule, the inflatable intra ocular lens/lens retainer may be compressed directly by the ciliary muscle to alter the refractive state of the eye. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110251685 | Intraocular lenses with high contrast haptics, materials, and methods - Intraocular lenses with high contrast haptics, materials and methods for making optical blanks and lenses, and methods of use are disclosed and claimed. Such lenses may provide easily recognizable visual cues that may be used to detect and correct misorientation of lenses prior to and during use. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110251686 | ANTI-DYSPHOTOPIC INTRAOCULAR LENS AND METHOD - An intraocular lens implant includes a lens having an anterior portion, a posterior portion, and a circumferential edge located therebetween. An annular notch is formed in the anterior portion and oriented in an anteriorly-directed orientation. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110257742 | ACCOMMODATING INTRAOCULAR LENSES - An intraocular lens is disclosed, with an optic that changes shape in response to a deforming force exerted by the zonules of the eye. A haptic supports the optic around its equator and couples the optic to the capsular bag of the eye. Certain haptic features improve the accommodative performance of the haptic, such that compressive/tensile forces may be more efficiently transferred from the haptic to optic. Furthermore, certain aspects also provide enhanced bag-sizing capability so that the IOL better fits within the capsular bag. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110295367 | Intraocular implant cell migration inhibition system - Generally, an intraocular implant and methods for treating an ocular condition. In particular, an intraocular implant which implanted between an intraocular lens and the surface of the posterior capsule of the eye inhibits migration of residual lens epithelial cells after cataract surgery by providing structural barriers to reduce posterior capsule opacification of the eye. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110295368 | ACCOMMODATIVE INTRAOCULAR LENS ASSEMBLY - An intraocular optic assembly including an anterior haptic member and a posterior haptic member arranged to correspond to anterior and posterior portions of a capsular bag, respectively, having an anterior-posterior axis passing centrally through the anterior and posterior haptic members, bendable link members attached to and between the anterior and posterior haptic members, an optic, and a lever pivotally connected at on end thereof to a first attachment point on a periphery of the optic and connected at an opposite end thereof to a second attachment point on one of the bendable link members, wherein linear movement of one of the anterior and posterior haptic members along the anterior-posterior axis applies a lever force on the optic with the lever that causes the optic to move linearly along the anterior-posterior axis. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110307058 | ACCOMMODATIVE INTRAOCULAR LENS AND METHOD OF IMPROVING ACCOMMODATION - The present invention provides an accommodative intraocular lens (AIOL) system and method for improving accommodation with an intraocular lens. The method involves insertion into the capsular bag of a flexible optic holder comprising a plurality of haptics configured to allow the capsular bag to be sectioned at regular intervals following fusion of the capsular bag. The haptics of the optic holder are designed to allow maximum fusion of the anterior and posterior leaves of the capsular bag following placement of the optic holder in the capsular bag. Following introduction of the optic holder into the capsular bag, the natural or assisted process of fibrosis/fusion of the capsular bag occurs, thereby sealing and securely capturing the haptics within the capsular bag. Subsequently, several cuts are made in the fibrotic capsular bag at intervals between haptics, allowing the haptics to move independently, thereby effectively restoring some of the flexibility that the capsule possessed prior to fibrosis and restoring some of the zonular force on the capsule. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110313521 | Intraocular rings and associated systems and methods - Intraocular rings, intraocular lens systems, and associated methods are disclosed. In some instances, the intraocular rings are formed of biocompatible pharmaceutical delivering materials and are configured to be implanted with conventional intraocular lens designs. The intraocular rings include engagement features for interfacing with haptics of the conventional intraocular lens designs in order to ensure proper orientation of the intraocular ring and intraocular lens relative to one another. In some instances, the intraocular rings also include haptics to encourage centering of the intraocular ring within the posterior capsule. The intraocular rings also serve to prevent posterior capsular opacification. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110313522 | Pseudophakic Accommodating Intraocular Lens - The invention is directed to an assembly comprising a haptic for fixation to, and manufacture in conjunction with, an intraocular lens to be implanted in the natural lens capsule of an eye. The haptic of the invention comprises a continuous ribbon forming an essentially oblong shape having anterior and posterior portions relative to the elliptical center of the haptic, wherein the ribbon loop includes two or more essentially congruent ribbon arches in each portion, and each ribbon arch has a natural index of curvature with an inner and outer edges. designed to expand the eye capsule and put tension on the zonules of the eye. The ribbon affixes to the lens on each side of the optic edge at a point or a series of points that provides suitable centration and stability of the optic, and to suspend the optic in the open capsular space. The material of the haptic is preferably somewhat flexible, and elastic, so as to provide a constant, positive force on the capsule throughout all phases of accommodation, thereby preserving tension of the zonules and allowing the capsule to change shape naturally. The haptic ribbons may be solid or of an open work structure to increase the amount of hydration available to the lens capsule. A secondary haptic ribbon, affixed to a plano optical plate, may be located on the posterior capsular surface and oriented so that the haptic arms extend through the capsular prime meridian to the anterior capsular surface at a 90° angle from the anterior haptic ribbons, thus providing for a capsular configuration as natural as possible, yet associated with an intraocular lens that may be inserted through an incision of less than 3 millimeters. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110313523 | Pseudophakic Accommodating Intraocular Lens - The invention is directed to an assembly comprising a haptic for fixation to, and manufacture in conjunction with, an intraocular lens to be implanted in the natural lens capsule of an eye. The haptic of the invention comprises a continuous ribbon forming an essentially oblong shape having anterior and posterior portions relative to the elliptical center of the haptic, wherein the ribbon loop includes two or more essentially congruent ribbon arches in each portion, and each ribbon arch has a natural index of curvature with an inner and outer edges. designed to expand the eye capsule and put tension on the zonules of the eye. The ribbon affixes to the lens on each side of the optic edge at a point or a series of points that provides suitable centration and stability of the optic, and to suspend the optic in the open capsular space. The material of the haptic is preferably somewhat flexible, and elastic, so as to provide a constant, positive force on the capsule throughout all phases of accommodation, thereby preserving tension of the zonules and allowing the capsule to change shape naturally. The haptic ribbons may be solid or of an open work structure to increase the amount of hydration available to the lens capsule. A secondary haptic ribbon, affixed to a plano optical plate, may be located on the posterior capsular surface and oriented so that the haptic arms extend through the capsular prime meridian to the anterior capsular surface at a 90° angle from the anterior haptic ribbons, thus providing for a capsular configuration as natural as possible, yet associated with an intraocular lens that may be inserted through an incision of less than 3 millimeters. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20120046743 | Ocular Lens - An ocular lens has a refractive optics structure formed from a polyisobutylene-based material and a glassy segment that is non-reactive to ocular fluid and that maintains in vivo transparency for a substantial time period. The material has a central elastomeric polyolefinic block and thermoplastic end blocks (such as a triblock polymer backbone comprising polystyrene-polyisobutylene-polystyrene). The material is preferably flexible such that the refractive optics structure can be folded upon itself and introduced through a small scleral incision. The lens device includes an optic portion and preferably either an annular haptic element or one or more haptic elements adapted to rest within a capsular bag formed by a surgical procedure. A portion of the lens device may be loaded with at least one therapeutic agent that interferes with proliferation of the epithelial cells of the eye to protect against PCO. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120109294 | VISION CORRECTION SYSTEM - A vision correction system comprising an intraocular lens having a lens body and one or more haptics is provided. The lens body may be configured to be positioned posteriorly to an iris of an eye and may have a convex anterior surface, a concave posterior surface, and a circumferential edge having a rounded anterior portion and a rounded posterior portion. Haptics may extend at an anterior angle from the lens body and be configured to contact the ciliary sulcus of an eye. The haptics may secure the intraocular lens in the eye in a relatively fixed position and prevent rotation of the lens over time. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120130487 | INTRAOCULAR LENS - An intraocular lens comprises an optic and at least two haptics, each of which comprises a step feature that protrudes from a posterior surface of the haptic to prevent posterior capsular opacification. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120130488 | INTRAOCULAR LENS - An intraocular lens comprises an optic and at least two haptics. Each haptic is offset in an anterior direction from a central optic plane of the optic. The offset allows for predictable posterior vaulting upon implantation. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120136438 | INTRAOCULAR LENS SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An intraocular lens ( | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120158132 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR INTRAOCULAR LENS POWER CALCULATION USING A REGRESSION FORMULA INCORPORATING CORNEAL SPHERICAL ABERRATION - An intraocular lens, and a system and method of providing an intraocular lens, having at least one characteristic of the intraocular lens customized in accordance with a modified regression that includes a modification for corneal spherical aberration. The lens, system and method may indicate measuring at least one biometric parameter of an eye at a desired light level, determining a desired postoperative condition of the eye, obtaining a corneal spherical aberration of the eye, applying at least one empirically derived regression calculation, and predictively estimating, in accordance with an output of the at least one empirically derived regression calculation, the at least one characteristic of the intraocular lens to obtain the desired postoperative condition. The empirically derived regression calculation includes at least a product of the corneal spherical aberration with an empirically derived corneal spherical aberration constant, and a mathematical indication of the at least one biometric parameter or one of the paraxial regression formulas commonly used in clinical practice to calculate IOL power in normal patients. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120179249 | ACCOMMODATING INTRAOCULAR LENS AND METHODS OF USE - The present invention relates to an accommodating intraocular lens, which is suitable for replacement of the natural crystalline lens of the eye within the capsular bag. The intraocular lens can include a retainer plate with an annular region surrounding a central opening, and an optical lens. The retainer plate acts as a foundation for the optical lens, as the retainer plate can be positioned near or at the posterior portion of the lens capsule. The optical lens can sit on the retainer plate, but is otherwise not attached to the retainer plate. The optical lens can overlap or fit within the central opening of the retainer plate. The retainer plate can include a lip portion integrally disposed on a region of the retainer plate, wherein the lip provides a surface for holding at least a portion of an intraocular lens. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120232650 | Accommodating Intraocular Lenses and Associated Systems, Frames, And Methods - An intraocular lens for providing accommodative vision to a subject includes a frame disposed about an optical axis, a first optical element, a second optical element, and a connecting element operably coupling the frame to the optical elements. The frame comprises an anterior frame element and a posterior frame element. The connecting element is configured to convert a first displacement between the frame elements in a direction that is substantially parallel to the optical axis into a second displacement between the optical elements that is substantially perpendicular to the optical axis. The second displacement may be translational and/or rotation. In some embodiments, the optical elements are two varifocal lenses. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120303119 | CAPSULAR OPACIFICATION BLOCKING LENS - The invention is directed to a lens that comprises an optic and two haptic rings, one positioned to rest against the posterior capsule distally outward from the optic zone, the other to rest on the anterior capsule some distance from the equator. The haptic rings of the lens are connected by segments of haptic material that may be arched or straight, and sections of open space to provide for ample circulation of the aqueous humor. The optic is positioned against the posterior capsule as close as possible to the nodal zone of the eye. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120316644 | INTRAOCULAR LENS IMPLANT FIXATION - An intraocular lens fixation device including a deformable, medically inert clip that affixes a haptic of an intraocular lens to a patient's iris. A method of affixing an intraocular lens, having haptics, within a patient's eye includes piercing the iris in at least two locations that closely flank a portion of one of the haptics, inserting an arm of a biologically inert deformable clip through each of the piercings in the iris until a distal end of each arm is located on opposing sides of the haptic, and applying a force to each of the arms to deploy the clip by causing the distal ends of the arms to approach each other and substantially surround and constrain both a section of the iris that is between the arms and a portion of the haptic. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120330415 | HAPTIC DEVICES FOR INTRAOCULAR LENS - A haptic for fixation to, and manufacture in conjunction with, an intraocular lens to be implanted in the natural lens capsule of the human eye is disclosed. The haptic secures the lens in an appropriate position within the natural capsule so as to provide optimal visual acuity through the aphakic lens. The haptic ends are designed to position the lens neutrally, anteriorly or posteriorly within the lens envelope. The haptic has a of an anterior retention ring and a posterior retention ring. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130013061 | METHOD OF MAINTAINING THE STRUCTURE OF AN OPENING IN THE ANTERIOR OR POSTERIOR CAPSULE - A method of maintaining the structure of an opening in the anterior or posterior capsule formed by a capsulorhexis whereby a device is inserted into opening in the anterior or posterior capsule, the device having a main body including a peripheral portion and an opening therethrough, wherein the peripheral portion engages with the inside peripheral edge of the opening in the anterior or posterior capsule, wherein the device is inserted into the opening in the anterior or posterior capsule after an intraocular lens has been inserted into the capsular bag of an eye during cataract corrective surgery. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130030525 | PRE-STRESSED HAPTIC FOR ACCOMMODATING INTRAOCULAR LENS - An intraocular lens is disclosed, with an optic that changes shape in response to a deforming force exerted by the zonules of the eye. A haptic supports the optic around its equator and couples the optic to the capsular bag of the eye. The haptic may be pre-stressed before the optic is placed within it. After such placement, the pre-stress may be relieved, and the haptic may produce stress in the optic. The pre-stress may produce a radial tension or a radial compression in the optic. Alternatively, once the optic is placed within the haptic, both may undergo a process that changes the size and/or shape of one with respect to the other, causing a stress within the optic. This process may produce a radial tension or a radial compression in the optic. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130103148 | Intraocular Lens - An intraocular lens comprising: (a) monomeric units derived from at least one cationically polymerizable branched alkene monomer; (b) monomeric units derived from at least one cationically polymerizable monomer having a pendant benzocyclobutene group; and (c) a UV-absorbing benzotriazole component having the formula I. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130116781 | DISCRETE PRE-ASSEMBLED MONOLITHIC AIOL ASSEMBLAGES AND AIOL ASSEMBLIES INCLUDING SAME - Accommodating intraocular lens (AIOL) assemblies including a discrete pre-assembled monolithic AIOL assemblage and a discrete haptics system having a haptics ring and at least two elongated C-shaped haptics for self-anchoring in a human scleral wall at the ciliary sulcus. The AIOL assemblages include an AIOL capsule and an integrally formed base member. The AIOL assemblages also include an annular haptics support surround posterior to an anterior structure on implantation in a human eye of a supine human. AIOL assemblies are assembled in situ by mounting a haptics system onto a previously implanted AIOL assemblage. The haptics system bears against the annular haptics support surround. The anterior structure is freely telescopically received in the haptics ring. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130166026 | INTRAOCULAR LENS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ACCOMMODATIVE VISION - An accommodating intraocular lens for providing a range of accommodative vision contains an optic and a haptic. The optic is disposed about an optical axis and includes an anterior surface and a posterior surface defining a clear aperture of the optic. The haptic is at least partially disposed inside the optic and includes an inner structure, an outer structure, and a plurality of arms disposed between and connecting the inner structure and the outer structure. The inner structure is circumferentially disposed about the optical axis, while the outer structure is circumferentially disposed about the inner structure and has an outer face. Each arm has proximal portion adjacent the inner structure and a distal portion adjacent the outer structure that is bifurcated in a radial direction from the proximal portion. The intraocular lens also has an outer surface defined by outer surfaces of the plurality of arms and an outer surface of the outer structure. The inner structure and at least a portion of the arms are disposed inside the clear aperture. The distal portion of each arm has a larger axial extent than an axial extent of the inner portion. The distal portion of each arm has a larger axial extent along the outer surface than an axial extent of the outer structure along the outer surface. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130184816 | INTRAOCULAR LENS RINGS - The invention is directed to a lens that comprises an optic and at least two haptic rings, one positioned to rest against the posterior capsule distally outward from the optic zone, the other to rest on the anterior capsule some distance from the equator. The haptic rings of the lens are connected by segments of haptic material that may be arched or straight, and sections of open space to provide for ample circulation of the aqueous humor. The optic is suspended between the two haptic rings such that the distance between the optic and the anterior ring is constant while the distance between the optic and the posterior ring may vary according to the overall capsular dimensions of the eye of the patient. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130231742 | FOLDABLE INTRAOCULAR LENS AND METHOD OF MAKING - A foldable intraocular lens for providing vision contains an optic body that includes an optical zone and a peripheral zone entirely surrounding the optical zone. The optic body has an anterior face, a substantially opposing posterior face, an optic edge, and an optical axis. The anterior face comprises a central face, a peripheral face, and a recessed annular face therebetween that is disposed posterior to the peripheral face. The intraocular lens further comprises at least one haptic that is integrally formed with the peripheral zone. The haptic comprises a distal posterior face, a proximal posterior face, and a step edge disposed at a boundary therebetween. The haptic further comprises a side edge disposed between the optic edge and the step edge. The proximal posterior face and the posterior face of the optic body form a continuous surface. An edge corner is formed by the intersection of the continuous surface with the optic edge, the side edge, and the step edge. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130238091 | MASKED OCULAR DEVICE FOR IMPLANTATION ADJACENT TO AN INTRAOCULAR LENS - The present application describes a device and methods that use a small-aperture mask surgically implanted in the optical path to improve the depth of focus of, for example, a pseudophakic patient. The device can be inserted adjacent to an intraocular lens (IOL). The device may include one or more connectors for attaching the device to an intraocular lens. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130304206 | Intraocular Device to Restore Natural Capsular Tension after Cataract Surgery - 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. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130331937 | INTRAOCULAR IMPLANT AND METHOD FOR FIXING SAME INTO AN EYE - An intraocular implant for use in a surgical procedure such as a cataract operation, or in a refractive-lens exchange surgery procedure, has a main portion and a peripheral portion peripheral to the main portion. The main portion is plate-like in shape and may be a lens or a plug for closing an aperture in the capsule of the eye. The implant has two or more lugs extending from the peripheral portion in a direction substantially perpendicular to a plane of the main portion. The lugs extend either from haptics, which protrude from the main portion, or from a short extension of the edge of the main portion. A method for fixing the implant into the eye involves making two or more voids in the capsule wall, offering up the implant to the capsule, so that the lugs lie adjacent to the voids, and inserting the lugs into the voids. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130345808 | INTRAOCULAR IMPLANTS AND RELATED KITS AND METHODS - Devices, methods and kits are described for reducing intraocular pressure. The devices include a support that is implantable within Schlemm's canal and that may restore or maintain at least partial patency of the canal without substantially interfering with transmural or transluminal fluid flow across the canal. The devices utilize the natural drainage process of the eye and may be implanted with minimal trauma to the eye. Kits may include a support and an introducer for implanting the support within Schlemm's canal. Methods may include implanting a support within Schlemm's canal, where the support is capable of restoring or maintaining at least partial patency of the canal without substantial interference with transmural or transluminal fluid flow across the canal. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140121769 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR INTRAOCULAR LENS POWER CALCULATION USING A REGRESSION FORMULA INCORPORATING CORNEAL SPHERICAL ABERRATION - An intraocular lens, and a system and method of providing an intraocular lens, having at least one characteristic of the intraocular lens customized in accordance with a modified regression that includes a modification for corneal spherical aberration. The lens, system and method may indicate measuring at least one biometric parameter of an eye at a desired light level, determining a desired postoperative condition of the eye, obtaining a corneal spherical aberration of the eye, applying at least one empirically derived regression calculation, and predictively estimating, in accordance with an output of the at least one empirically derived regression calculation, the at least one characteristic of the intraocular lens to obtain the desired postoperative condition. The empirically derived regression calculation includes at least a product of the corneal spherical aberration with an empirically derived corneal spherical aberration constant, and a mathematical indication of the at least one biometric parameter or one of the paraxial regression formulas commonly used in clinical practice to calculate IOL power in normal patients. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140148900 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INTRAOCULAR DRUG DELIVERY - Intraocular devices having a drug delivery construct attached thereto, and methods for using the devices for intraocular drug delivery and the treatment and/or prevention of conditions. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140163676 | Anti-Dysphotopic Intraocular Lens And Method - An intraocular lens implant includes a lens having an anterior portion, a posterior portion, and a circumferential edge located therebetween. An annular notch is formed in the anterior portion and oriented in an anteriorly-directed orientation. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140296977 | Method for Creating Incision to Improve Intraocular Lens Placement - A system and method for insetting an intraocular lens in a patient's eye includes a light source for generating a light beam, a scanner for deflecting the light beam to form an enclosed treatment pattern that includes a registration feature, and a delivery system for delivering the enclosed treatment pattern to target tissue in the patient's eye to form an enclosed incision therein having the registration feature. An intraocular lens is placed within the enclosed incision, wherein the intraocular lens has a registration feature that engages with the registration feature of the enclosed incision. Alternately, the scanner can make a separate registration incision for a post that is connected to the intraocular lens via a strut member. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20150057749 | ACCOMMODATIVE INTRAOCULAR LENS HAVING A HAPTIC PLATE - An accommodating intraocular lens (AIOL) comprising an optic, and at least one haptic plate coupled to the optic by at least one connector, the connector being less rigid than the haptic plate, the at least one haptic plate surrounding the optic, and the optic and haptic plate having a combined surface area between 70 mm | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150142109 | OPHTHALMIC LENSES WITH ENHANCED SURFACE AND METHODS OF FABRICATION THEREOF - An ophthalmic lens for providing enhanced vision includes a finished optic comprising a base optic and a membrane. The base optic has an anterior surface and an opposing posterior surface, at least one of the surfaces having a first value of a surface quality parameter. The base optic also includes a membrane including an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface covering one or more of the surfaces of the base optic. The outer surface has a second value of the surface quality parameter, wherein the second value is greater than the first value. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150305857 | INTRAOCULAR LENS - Provided is an intraocular lens capable of being reliably fixed into an eye from which an eye lens is extracted without suturing. The intraocular lens includes a pair of nipping portions which is formed at the right and left sides of a lens portion and a leg portion which extends from a limbus of the lens portion or each nipping portion. The nipping portion nips a part of the rear side of an iris inside the eye. A front end of the leg portion comes into contact with the deepest portion of a ciliary sulcus. The intraocular lens is reliably fixed to a rear section without suturing by the nipping of the nipping portion and the contacting of the leg portion. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150305858 | INTRAOCULAR LENS - An intraocular lens includes a plurality of lenses with a rear lens portion disposed in a posterior capsule from which an eye lens is extracted and a front lens portion disposed at the front side inside the eye in relation to the rear lens portion, and a support portion of the front lens portion among the lenses has flexibility. Accordingly, when the inside of the user's eye moves, the support portion is bent, and hence the front lens portion moves. When the front lens portion moves so that the gap between the front lens portion and the rear lens portion changes, a focal distance of a lens system including the front lens portion and the rear lens portion changes. Accordingly, it is possible to realize an intraocular lens capable of changing a focal distance in a manner such that a user moves the inside of an eye. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20160074153 | INTRAOCULAR LENS - A toric intraocular lens is configured for enhanced stability after implantation into a capsular bag of an eye. The intraocular lens has one or more haptics extending from the lens, with stabilization enhanced by configuring the lens to include at least one engagement element configured to cooperate with the interior to the capsular bag to resist relative rotation of the lens. In one aspect of the invention, the engagement element can be provided in the form of one or more rotation-inhibiting projections provided on the lens body and/or the haptics of the lens. In another aspect of the invention, the lens includes an anterior surface which is configured to provide enhanced frictional engagement of the intraocular lens with the interior of the eye. The anterior surface of the lens can be roughened in order to provide the desired frictional engagement. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160095698 | INTRAOCULAR LENS WITH FINE PATTERN - Disclosed is an intraocular lens with a fine pattern including an optic having a circular shape, and a plurality of haptics connected to a periphery of the optic, and a pattern is formed on a surface of a partial area of at least one of the optic and the haptics. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160151149 | VISION CORRECTION SYSTEM | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160157995 | ACCOMMODATIVE INTRAOCULAR LENS AND METHOD OF IMPROVING ACCOMMODATION - The present invention provides an accommodative intraocular lens (AIOL) system and method for improving accommodation with an intraocular lens. The method involves insertion into the capsular bag of a flexible optic holder comprising a plurality of haptics configured to allow the capsular bag to be sectioned at regular intervals following fusion of the capsular bag. The haptics of the optic holder are designed to allow maximum fusion of the anterior and posterior leaves of the capsular bag following placement of the optic holder in the capsular bag. Following introduction of the optic holder into the capsular bag, the natural or assisted process of fibrosis/fusion of the capsular bag occurs, thereby sealing and securely capturing the haptics within the capsular bag. Subsequently, several cuts are made in the fibrotic capsular bag at intervals between haptics, allowing the haptics to move independently, thereby effectively restoring some of the flexibility that the capsule possessed prior to fibrosis and restoring some of the zonular force on the capsule. | 06-09-2016 |
