Combined With Surgical Tool Patents (Class 623/6.12)
  • Publication number: 20140228948
    Abstract: A method of inserting an intraocular lens into an eye comprises: determining preoperative values of an eye; selecting an intraocular lens based on the preoperative values; inserting the intraocular lens into the eye; determining intraoperative values of the eye; providing an eye model, wherein the eye model includes plural parameters; determining the second value representing a postoperative visual defect of the eye using the eye model, wherein the preoperative values of the eye are assigned to a first subset of the plural parameters of the eye model and wherein the intraoperative values of the eye are assigned to a second subset of the plural parameters of the eye model; and correcting the position and/or the orientation of the inserted intraocular lens or inserting a different intraocular lens based on the value representing the postoperative visual defect of the eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicants: Carl Zeiss AG, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventors: Christoph HAUGER, Markus SEESSELBERG, Christopher WETH, Marco WILZBACH
  • Patent number: 8801780
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to devices, systems, and methods directed to mounting a plunger tip to a plunger of an IOL injection device. A plunger tip wrench that is operable to releasably retain a plunger tip may be coupled to a holder extending from an end of the IOL injection device to align the plunger tip with the plunger of the IOL injection device. In some instances, the IOL injection device may include a motor and use a back electromotive force (EMF) of the motor to detect a position of the plunger as it is extended to engage the plunger tip. The plunger tip may be positioned relative to the plunger such that the plunger will engage the plunger tip within the entire range of a negative error position and a positive error position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Alcon Research, Ltd.
    Inventor: Bill Chen
  • Patent number: 8801634
    Abstract: For use with a surgical tool for making incisions in the sclera of an eye to form a scleral pocket to receive a scleral prosthesis, a system and method is disclosed for determining a position on the sclera for locating the scleral pocket. The system and method determines an optimum location for the scleral pocket. The system and method determines a location on the sclera that represents the intersection of the lens equatorial plane with the external surface of the sclera. The front of the scleral pocket is placed at a location that is four hundred fifty microns posterior to the intersection of the lens equatorial plane with the external surface of the sclera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Refocus Ocular, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald A. Schachar, Donald P. Cudmore, William A. Munck
  • Patent number: 8784485
    Abstract: An injector for inserting an intraocular lens into an eye includes a lumen. The lumen can include a terminal portion at a distal end and a proximal portion juxtaposed with the terminal portion. An injector plunger can be disposed within the lumen for generating a driving force on the intraocular lens. The injector can include a lens frictional force that has a first value when the lens is at a first location within the proximal portion and a second value when the lens is at a second location within the terminal portion. The first value can be smaller than the second value. In some embodiments, the lens frictional force increases abruptly from the first value to the second value as the lens approaches the distal end of the lumen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Visiogen, Inc.
    Inventors: George Tsai, Tuan Anh Nguyen, Phu Nguyen, Scott Evans
  • Patent number: 8758361
    Abstract: An insertion device is disclosed which is suitable for use of liquid as lubricant such as normal saline. The insertion device for inserting a lens into an eye comprises a main body having a nozzle at its front end, and a pushing member for pushing the lens set in the main body into an eye through the nozzle. The pushing member includes an introducing portion through which liquid is introduced and a flow path for supplying the liquid introduced from the introducing portion into the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Staar Japan, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenichi Kobayashi, Kimiya Shimizu
  • Patent number: 8758433
    Abstract: A system and method for performing an ocular surgical procedure is provided. The design provides an intra-ocular lens (IOL) to an eye through an incision in the eye by assessing IOL insertion conditions, translating said IOL insertion conditions into a desired force range for insertion of the IOL via the incision, controlling a power source to move the IOL to the eye, monitoring conditions, such as force encountered, while controlling the power source. The design employs feedback of the force encountered and selectively alters force applied based on force encountered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Abbott Medical Optics Inc.
    Inventors: Mark S. Cole, Kevin R. Springer, Rob Raney, William J. Evans, Patrick A. Myall, Jonathan Wyler
  • Publication number: 20140172089
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an implantable capsule expander device for insertion within a lens capsule of an eye of a patient. The device comprises an arcuate center portion including first and second rims and having a first height, an outermost peripheral portion including a second height that is less than the first height, and a receiving portion formed between the first and second rims. The center portion and the outermost peripheral portion are configured to stabilize the capsule expander device within the lens capsule and to expand the lens capsule. The receiving portion is sized to receive an artificial intraocular lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Inventors: Sung Kyu Lee, Son Trung Tran, Kevin Mark Lewellen
  • Patent number: 8753388
    Abstract: An instrument (110) for rolling a thin ophthalmic lens and inserting the rolled lens into the eye comprises a body (112) in which a plunger (124) is slidable. A thin lens (156) is placed on a lens roller (130) which is slidable transversely of the instrument. The lens is rolled during the sliding movement into a tubular configuration. The rolled lens is then positioned in the instrument in a cylindrical cavity and ready for contact by a push-rod of the plunger (124) so that it is delivered from the instrument through a box in a tip portion (114) of the instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Duckworth & Kent Limited
    Inventors: Terence Arnold Waldock, Stephen Paul Woods
  • Patent number: 8747465
    Abstract: An intraocular lens insertion device which dramatically reduces the possibility that a plunger damages an intraocular lens, and which can safely and surely insert an intraocular lens into an eye is provided. An intraocular lens insertion unit comprises a lens disposing part for disposing an intraocular lens, a plunger for pushing out the intraocular lens disposed at the lens disposing part, a transition part for deforming the intraocular lens pushed out by the plunger, and a nozzle for ejecting the deformed intraocular lens. The plunger has a lens contact part for contacting the outer edge of the intraocular lens, and a protrusive part for pushing the lens contact part downward the intraocular lens by the deformation of the intraocular lens, both lens contact part and protrusive part are provided at the leading end of the plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Hoya Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Someya, Takashi Ichinohe, Kazunori Kudoh
  • Patent number: 8740977
    Abstract: An intraocular lens insertion tool is presented. An introductory part in an insertion cylinder is provided, at a widthwise central portion of a bottom surface, with a central protrusion which extends in an axial direction of a tool body and protrudes toward an upper surface to get in contact with a center portion of a rear surface of an optical zone of an intraocular lens. The upper surface is provided, at its both widthwise ends, with a pair of lateral protrusions, which extend in the axial direction of the tool body and protrude toward the bottom surface to get in contact with both ends of a front surface of the optical zone of the intraocular lens. A lens pressing face of a plunging member is formed with a dimension spanning from the bottom surface to the upper surface at a tip end section of the insertion cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Kowa Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuharu Niwa, Masayoshi Tanaka, Yasuhiko Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20140135916
    Abstract: Disclosed are devices, methods and systems for treatment of eye disease, including open angle glaucoma and narrow angle glaucoma. Implants are described herein that create a directed flow field, such as between the anterior chamber and either the supraciliary space or suprachoroidal space. In addition, the implant can include a variety of features, including extruded features, such as rings and pegs, which can assist in preventing ocular tissue from collapsing onto the implant and occluding fluid pathways.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Transcend Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Luke Clauson, Steven John, David Lari, Sean Ianchulev, Michael Schaller
  • Patent number: 8702794
    Abstract: A rear-loaded injector cartridge for an intraocular lens (IOL) having a proximal opening that provides a haptic slot. The haptic slot receives a leading haptic of an IOL loaded therein, and temporarily retains the leading haptic while the optic of the IOL is inserted into a holding area of the cartridge. As the optic passes by, the leading haptic folds over the top of the optic, on its anterior side. The length of the haptic retention slot is sufficient to maintain the leading haptic in its anteriorly folded position while the IOL remains in holding area, typically while the cartridge is mated with a handpiece of the injector. The cartridge also has a rear or proximal cut out which advantageously keys with a similarly-sized rail on the handpiece so that the cartridge cannot be inserted in the wrong way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Abbott Medical Optics Inc.
    Inventors: Laurent G. Hoffmann, David A. Ruddocks, Mark C. Cole, Daniel G. Brady
  • Patent number: 8702795
    Abstract: An intraocular lens insertion device (1) includes a main body (2), an operational portion (3) provided on an end (2a) of the main body (2), a knock mechanism (4) for moving the operational portion (3) forward and backward with respect to the main body (2), and a cartridge (5) attached to the other end (2b) of the main body (2) and serving as an insertion tube. The device is constructed, as a whole, such that the knock mechanism (4) moves the operational portion (3) repeatedly forward and backward so that an intraocular lens (6) placed in the cartridge (5) can be pushed out stepwise. The knock mechanism (4) is structured so as to move the operational portion (3) pushed forward toward a backward direction and automatically return it to an original position prior to the same being pushed forward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Hoya Corporation
    Inventors: Noriyuki Shoji, Masanobu Inoue
  • Patent number: 8690940
    Abstract: A method and related apparatus to treat a cataract where the cataractous lens is pierced and the resulting opening is mechanically maintained using a lens system device such as a pinhole device, expandable tubular lens, a stent or similar small diameter device, some of which are capable of supporting a secondary intraocular lens. The resulting passageway or lumen created in the cataractous lens allows visible light to better reach the retina, thus improving vision. This lens system device that can be placed into an in situ cataract provides for a much simpler surgical technique and reduces related pre and post operative procedures and potential complications. Intraocular lenses may also be used in concert with this invention. The apparatus and technique can be applied to humans as well as animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Inventor: David Maxwell Kleinman
  • Patent number: 8690941
    Abstract: Various systems, apparatuses, and processes may be used for intraocular lens surgery. In particular implementations, a system for intraocular lens surgery may include an intraocular lens insertion cartridge and an intraocular lens interface adapted to engage an intraocular lens for advancement through the intraocular lens insertion cartridge. The system may also include a bracket that is detachably attached to the intraocular lens insertion cartridge and that facilitates securing the intraocular lens interface relative to the intraocular lens insertion cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventor: David A. Downer
  • Publication number: 20140094908
    Abstract: Novel intraocular lenses comprising at least one haptic having a shape memory alloy with a transition temperature substantially higher than the human body temperature, the shape memory alloy being post-surgically, selectively adjustable with a laser beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: Roger Zaldivar, Roberto Zaldivar
  • Patent number: 8685087
    Abstract: In a first aspect, the invention provides an IOL having an optic with a peripheral section including one or more visually observable markers formed on the optic peripheral section and located within the visually observable zone of a surgeon viewing the IOL in the implanted condition through the pupil. In a second aspect of the invention, the IOL peripheral section includes an edge provided with a plunger engagement segment configured to inhibit off-axis movement of a plunger tip when engaged therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
    Inventors: Yann Vaillant, Benoit Bessiere
  • Patent number: 8685088
    Abstract: A system for easily transferring an intraocular lens (IOL) from an inserter into a patient's eye. The system includes an inserter handpiece with a holding station for receiving or storing an IOL. The IOL may be pre-loaded within the holding station during manufacture, and the inserter handpiece coupled to a delivery tube so that the entire system is ready for use by a surgeon to implant an IOL. The IOL may have an optic and leading and trailing haptics coupled to the optic, and the holding station may be capable of manipulating the haptics as desired to facilitate transfer of the IOL through the delivery tube into the eye. For instance, the holding station may fold one or both of the haptics over the optic. Preferably, the holding station maintains the haptics in their folded positions during transfer of the IOL into the delivery tube. The holding station desirably maintains the IOL in a relaxed configuration during storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Abbott Medical Optics Inc.
    Inventor: Steven R Anderson
  • Patent number: 8673002
    Abstract: Systems, devices and methods for performing small incision DLEK include providing a corneal transplantation donor tissue graft; then forming the tissue graft into an implantable configuration using the flexible substrate. Related medical kits and tools for forming a compact or rolled donor tissue graft are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Wake Forest University Health Science
    Inventors: Keith Andrew Walter, Kurt Weber
  • Patent number: 8668735
    Abstract: Devices and methods for handling and depositing corneal implants onto corneal tissue. Devices and methods for packaging and storing corneal implants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: ReVision Optics, Inc.
    Inventors: Alok Nigam, Gregg Edmond Plambeck, Ned Schneider, Adam Ariely, David Matsuura, Philip Simpson
  • Patent number: 8668734
    Abstract: Intraocular lens delivery devices and methods of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: PowerVision, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Hildebrand, Claudio Argento, Gregory V. Matthews
  • Patent number: 8657835
    Abstract: An intraocular lens injection device comprises a tubular housing with a plunger longitudinally disposed within the tubular housing. An electric drive system longitudinally translates the plunger so that its tip engages an insertion cartridge to fold and displace an intraocular lens disposed within and to inject the folded lens into the lens capsule of an eye. A control circuit is configured to start translation of the plunger, responsive to user input, to detect at least one fault condition based on a counter-electromotive force produced by the electric motor, and to stop translation of the plunger assembly responsive to the detected fault condition, which may comprise excessive resistance to forward or rearward translation of the plunger or insufficient resistance to forward translation of the plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Alcon Research, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mikhail Boukhny, Bill Chen, James Chon
  • Patent number: 8657876
    Abstract: Apparatus and methodology for inserting an intraocular lens (IOL) into an eye. The apparatus includes a cartridge for holding an IOL and a handpiece with a body member for receiving the cartridge, an injector rod that is receivable by the body member, and a drive mechanism that longitudinally oscillates the injector rod in the body member when a rotational force is applied about a longitudinal axis in a single direction. In other words, a constant rotation in a single direction of the drive mechanism causes the injector rod to move distally and proximally in discrete increments, with the distal increments being larger than the proximal increments. Accordingly, the injector rod urges an IOL out of the handpiece in a two-steps-forward, one-step-back manner, thereby minimizing or eliminating the chance of the injector rod engaging with the IOL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Abbott Medical Optics, Inc.
    Inventor: David J. Shepherd
  • Patent number: 8647382
    Abstract: An exemplary ocular implant insertion system includes a case and a preloaded ocular implant insertion apparatus. The apparatus includes first and second movable structures that move the ocular implant in a predetermined sequence. The respective configurations of the case and the ocular implant insertion apparatus are such that the ocular implant insertion apparatus is not removable from the case when the ocular implant insertion apparatus is in the pre-use state and is removable after the first movable structure has moved at least a portion of the optical implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Hoya Corporation
    Inventors: Kazunori Kudo, Masahiro Noda
  • Patent number: 8632589
    Abstract: A system and method for performing an ocular surgical procedure is provided. The system is configured to provide an IOL having a trailing haptic to an eye and includes a pair of interlockable telescoping elements, having generally an inner and outer component configured to hold the IOL and be brought together into a locking position, the locking position maintaining the trailing haptic in an advantageously altered orientation. The system also includes a plunger configured to receive force and transmit the force to the IOL and the trailing haptic in the advantageously altered orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Abbott Medical Optics Inc.
    Inventor: Ahmed Helmy
  • Patent number: 8623082
    Abstract: A method for charging a deformable intraocular lens into a receptacle through a slit or opening in the receptacle periphery, the lens in un-deformed state includes a roughly disc shaped optic part configured to act as a lens when inserted into an eye and at least two elongated haptic legs, each leg having an inner end attached to the optic part, an outer end being free and intermediate points in between the inner end and the free end, each leg being curved in unstressed state and being flexible to at least a less curved configuration under stress. Steps include stretching the legs to align the legs along a substantially straight line, aligning or maintaining the substantially straight line over and substantially parallel with the slit or opening of the receptacle, and transferring at least the two legs through the slit or opening into the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: AMO Groningen B.V.
    Inventors: John A. Kappelhof, Jos van Loobergen, Jon Taylor, Kevin J Ehrenreich, Robert M Kershner
  • Publication number: 20130345713
    Abstract: A system for easily transferring an intraocular lens (IOL) from a lens case to an inserter, and then into a patient's eye. The lens case has a transfer mechanism therein which retains the IOL until engagement with the inserter. The transfer mechanism may include jaws having a closed configuration for retaining the IOL and an open configuration for releasing the IOL. Engagement of the inserter with the lens case automatically opens the jaws and transfers the IOL to the inserter. The IOL is transferred into a load chamber of a nosepiece rotatably coupled to a handpiece. After transfer of the IOL, the nosepiece is rotated from a load position to a delivery position. The IOL may have an optic and a haptic coupled to the optic, and the lens case may be capable of configuring the haptic as desired to facilitate its transfer into an inserter and/or into the eye. For instance, the lens case may fold one or both of the haptics over the optic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Mark Cole, Rod Peterson, Nick Martin, Steven Anderson
  • Patent number: 8603163
    Abstract: An IOL injector body including an injector body segment defining a portion of a lumen, and a first loading chamber component coupled to the injector body segments and a second loading chamber component hingedly coupled to the first loading chamber component. The second loading chamber component is capable of rotating about an axis that is parallel to the lumen. An IOL vial including a vial base and an injector guide rotatably mounted in said base, whereby an injector can be inserted along the injector guide and rotated such that a folded IOL can be obtained in the injector. A method of loading an IOL injector with an IOL the method that comprises inserting the IOL injector body into a vial and rotating the IOL injector body relative to the vial to obtain the IOL in the IOL injector body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
    Inventor: Joel Pynson
  • Patent number: 8597351
    Abstract: The invention relates to a holding device for an intraocular lens, characterized in that the holding device has an elongated support member open to the bottom, on which an elongated holding rail for holding the lens is disposed. The invention also relates to an injector device for an intraocular lens as well as to a packaging and transport device for the intraocular lens. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for packaging an intraocular lens as well as to a method for loading an intraocular lens into an injector device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec SAS
    Inventor: Brian Rathert
  • Publication number: 20130317605
    Abstract: To provide an injector for ophthalmology which can guide an implant easily to an transplant place without causing any damage to the implant when the implant is inserted into an eyeball. The injector for an eye used for inserting an implant into an eyeball comprises an outer tube, and an implant holding structure arranged in the outer tube to be slidable with respect to the outer tube. The implant holding structure has an implant holding portion which can be contained in the outer tube and forms a space for containing the implant between the implant holding portion and the inner surface of the outer tube when it is contained in the outer tube. The implant holding portion projects from the outer tube when the implant holding structure is advanced and the implant can be taken out from the outer tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventors: Takeshi IDE, Kazuaki YAMAMOTO, Kohei FUKAYA, Ryoji NAKANO
  • Patent number: 8579969
    Abstract: An IOL injector device allows for both powered and manual delivery of an IOL. The injector has a tubular housing. A plunger is longitudinally disposed within the housing and has first and second ends. The first end is disposed towards the front end of the housing. A drive system is coupled to the housing. The drive system causes longitudinal translation of the plunger along the primary axis of the housing. A normally engaged clutch system is coupled to the drive system. The normally engaged clutch system allows manual disengagement of the drive system. A knob coupled to the plunger allows for manual operation of the injector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Alcon Research, Ltd.
    Inventor: Jaime Zacharias
  • Patent number: 8574294
    Abstract: Described herein are devices and methods for treating eye conditions. Described is an ocular implant including an elongate member having an internal lumen forming a flow pathway, at least one inflow port communicating with the flow pathway, and at least one outflow port communicating with the flow pathway. The elongate member is adapted to be positioned in the eye such that at least one inflow port communicates with the anterior chamber, at least one outflow port communicates with the suprachoroidal space to provide a fluid pathway between the anterior chamber and the suprachoroidal space when the elongate member is implanted in the eye. The elongate member has a wall material imparting a stiffness to the elongate member. The stiffness is selected such that after implantation the elongate member deforms eye tissue surrounding the suprachoroidal space forming a tented volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Transcend Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Silvestrini, Eugene de Juan, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8574293
    Abstract: This device for stretching the haptics of an intraocular lens has at least two haptic guiding surfaces, a seat arranged with respect to the guiding surfaces so as to allow contact between a first point on each haptic and its corresponding guiding surface, and a lens guiding arrangement operable to allow the lens positioned in the seat to be moved along a path in the optic axis direction to bring at least a second point on each haptic into contact with, or closer to, its corresponding guiding surface and to orient each haptic in a less curved state, wherein the guiding surfaces extend in opposite directions from a channel operable to receive the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: AMO Groningen, B.V.
    Inventors: John A. Kappelhof, Jos van Loobergen, Jon Taylor, Kevin J. Ehrenreich, Robert M. Kershner
  • Patent number: 8574239
    Abstract: 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).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Hoya Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Ichinohe, Kazunori Kudoh
  • Patent number: 8562674
    Abstract: An insertion system is provided for delivering an intraocular lens into an eye. The insertion system has an inserter for delivering the lens and a lens case for holding the lens prior to delivery. The inserter has a handpiece having a longitudinal axis, a proximal end, and a distal end. The inserter also has a nosepiece disposed at the distal end of the inserter, the nosepiece having a rotational axis that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and a load chamber with a transfer interface for receiving the lens. The case has a transfer port for transferring the lens from the case into the load chamber. Once the lens is transferred into the load chamber, the nosepiece is adapted to rotate approximately 180 degrees about the rotational axis between a first position for loading the lens and a second position for delivering the lens into the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Abbott Medical Optics Inc.
    Inventors: Mark S. Cole, Rod T. Peterson
  • Publication number: 20130274875
    Abstract: [PROBLEMS] To provide an injector for ophthalmology which can guide an implant easily to an transplant place without causing any damage to the implant when the implant is inserted into an eyeball. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] The injector for an eye used for inserting an implant into an eyeball comprises an outer tube, and an implant holding structure arranged in the outer tube to be slidable with respect to the outer tube. The implant holding structure has an implant holding portion which can be contained in the outer tube and forms a space for containing the implant between the implant holding portion and the inner surface of the outer tube when it is contained in the outer tube. The implant holding portion projects from the outer tube when the implant holding structure is advanced and the implant can be taken out from the outer tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: Takeshi IDE, Kazuaki YAMAMOTO, Kohei FUKAYA, Ryoji NAKANO
  • Patent number: 8556967
    Abstract: An interior bag for a capsular bag of an eye comprises a discriminatingly permeable interior bag that selectively reduces fluid flow volume through the interior bag. The interior bag is secured inside the capsular bag. A structure, adapted to hold a refractive device, is attached to the interior bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Inventor: Faezeh Mona Sarfarazi
  • Patent number: 8551166
    Abstract: A method of deploying an ocular implant into Schlemm's canal of a human eye including the following steps: inserting a distal tip of a delivery tool within an anterior chamber of the eye through trabecular meshwork of the eye into Schlemm's canal of the eye; and advancing an ocular implant through a curved portion and a distal opening of the delivery tool to place a body portion of the ocular implant in Schlemm's canal and an inlet portion of the ocular implant in the anterior chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Ivantis, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew T. Schieber, John Wardle, Edward Matthees, Charles L. Euteneuer
  • Patent number: 8551165
    Abstract: A cassette (11) consists of a cassette body (13) with a space (19) for receiving an intraocular lens (IOL) (12) and a lid (23) for closing the cassette body. The cassette body (13) has openings (17a, 17b) on opposing side walls, wherein an injector piston (20) can penetrate through the opening (17b) and displace an IOL (12), which is received in the receiving space (19), out of the receiving space through the opening (17a). The cassette lid (23) seals the cassette body (13) hermetically from the environment. Coupling means, which allow the cassette body (13), which is closed by the lid, to be fastened to an injector (31), are provided on the cassette body (13). The cassette (11) can be inserted into the aperture (39) of an injector (31) in the closed state. For injecting the lens (12), which is received in the receiving space (19), the cassette (11) can be made to pivot into an injection position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Medicel AG
    Inventor: Emil Hohl
  • Patent number: 8545554
    Abstract: An intraocular injector includes a syringe body having open-ended cone disposed in one end thereof along with a piston disposed in the body. A transparent implant holder having a lumen therein is aligned with an open-ended cone, a needle include a proximal end and a distal end with a bevel disposed on the distal end of the needle. A plunger affixed to the piston and slidable within a holder lumen and needle lumen is provided for injecting solid intraocular implants into an eye. A cylindrical syringe body shape facilitates control over the needle bevel orientation during injection of the implant into the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Zoran Novakovic, Rahul Bhagat, Shawn R. Davis
  • Patent number: 8535331
    Abstract: A device for injecting an intraocular lens (IOL) into an eye, the device having an injector body including a lumen and an open tip wherethrough the IOL is expressed from the device. An IOL loading bay is located in the passageway wherein the IOL is positioned and compressed. The injector tip is dimensioned to allow the surgeon to choose an insertion depth between first, second and third transition points defined on the tip, the first and second transition points having a larger diameter than the third transition point which is located closer to the open tend of the tip. If the surgeon wishes to insert through a very small incision size (e.g., about 2.4 mm), the surgeon will insert the tip only up to the third transition point. The injector is stable during delivery of the IOL therethrough due to a spreading of the tip within the eye which effectively anchors the tip during IOL delivery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
    Inventors: Edward Vaquero, Thomas M. Heyman
  • Patent number: 8535375
    Abstract: 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 may include 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Hoya Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Ichinohe, Kenji Someya, Kazunori Kudoh
  • Patent number: 8535332
    Abstract: A plunger for an IOL injector device includes a shaft with a distal tip and a compressible sleeve positioned about the shaft with the tip extending forwardly of the sleeve. In a first stage of IOL advancement through the injector device, the plunger tip engages and pushes the IOL through a first section of the injector body. In a second stage of IOL advancement, the sleeve enters the narrowing section of the injector body toward the open tip thereof with the IOL and sleeve both undergoing compression. The sleeve compresses and lengthens in a forward direction ultimately enveloping the plunger distal tip. Viscoelastic applied inside the injector accumulates between the leading edge of the compressed sleeve and the compressed IOL thereby creating hydraulic pressure which pushes the compressed IOL through the remainder of the injector body and out the open distal tip thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
    Inventor: Joel Pynson
  • Publication number: 20130231740
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel methods and materials particularly useful for ophthalmic applications and to methods for making and using the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to relatively soft, optically transparent, foldable, high refractive index materials particularly suited for use in the production of intraocular lenses, contact lenses, and other ocular implants and to methods for manufacturing and implanting IOLs made therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: KEY MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Khalid Mentak
  • Patent number: 8523941
    Abstract: An intraocular lens insertion instrument capable of smoothly pushing out a preset lens is provided. An intraocular lens insertion instrument comprises: a main body including a lens setting section on which a lens is set, a transition section that deforms the lens, and a nozzle piece that releases the lens; and a lens push-out mechanism that pushes out the lens set on the lens setting section. The instrument further includes a releasing means for releasing the lens pushed by the lens push-out mechanism from the lens setting section. The releasing means has a posture holding mount that holds the lens with a forward tilt relative to an axial line of lens movement. The posture holding mount has a passage through which the lens push-out mechanism passes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Hoya Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Ichinohe, Kazunori Kudoh
  • Patent number: 8523878
    Abstract: A method of producing a medical instrument whereby a highly hydrophilic and lubricant coating layer having a high durability can be formed by a simple technique and thus highly hydrophilic and lubricant properties can be imparted to a surface of a medical instrument. An intraocular lens insertion instrument having been subjected to a surface treatment as described above is also provided. The method includes preparing a coating solution by mixing at least a water-insoluble polymer having carboxyl group and a polyfunctional reactive compound with an organic solvent; applying this solution on the surface of the medical instrument; conducting crosslinking; and performing a chemical reaction process. The coating layer is made hydrophilic. The intraocular lens insertion instrument is made hydrophilic by forming the coating layer as described above on an inner surface of an insertion tube portion, crosslinking and then performing the chemical reaction process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Kowa Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohsuke Satake, Kazuharu Niwa, Ryo Matsushita, Yasuhiko Suzuki, Hiroko Nomura, Kazuhiko Nakada
  • Publication number: 20130226292
    Abstract: An intraocular implant that has an anterior portion, at least one haptic element designed to localize the intraocular implant within an eye, a posterior portion, and an islet storage feature coupled to the anterior and posterior portions is disclosed. The interior of the islet storage feature is accessible from the anterior portion. The intraocular implant can be used as part of a method for treating a disease state, including, but not limited to, diabetes, diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, macular edema, and other blinding eye diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Parel, Sonia Yoo, Andres Bernal, William Lee
  • Patent number: 8518110
    Abstract: A shipping system for a medical device, such as implantable lens for an eye, is provided that may be reconfigured from a shipping mode into an injection mode without manually handling the contained lens or other device. Upon manufacture, a lens may be placed within the system assembly in the shipping configuration. While in the shipping configuration, the lens is kept in its desired shape and within a selected environment. Upon arrival at the destination, the user may attach fittings for injection of the device into a body. The process of changing from the shipping to the injection mode deforms the device into a shape suitable for injection. A new assembly for insertion of a medical device utilizing the shipping systems is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Inventors: Thomas L. Isaacs, Hayden Beatty, William B. Wright, John Clough
  • Patent number: 8512404
    Abstract: A method of inserting an ocular implant into a patient's eye, the ocular implant being mounted on a carrier, the method comprising: inserting a cannula into an anterior chamber of the eye; moving a distal exit port of the cannula into communication with Schlemm's canal; and advancing the ocular implant and carrier through an exit port of the cannula into Schlemm's canal. The invention also provides an ocular implant and delivery system comprising: a cannula comprising a distal exit port adapted to be inserted into a Schlemm's canal portion of an eye; an ocular implant; a carrier disposed within the implant and movable with the implant within the cannula; and a proximal control adapted to be operated from exterior to an eye to move at least one of the carrier and the implant when the distal exit port of the cannula is within the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Ivantis, Inc.
    Inventors: Duane Frion, Rebecca McCarville, Andrew T. Schieber, Nathaniel Zenz-Olson, Diane Feehan, Edward Matthees, Charles L. Euteneuer
  • Patent number: 8500804
    Abstract: An apparatus for sizing an intraocular lens and/or an ocular region of the eye of a subject, such as the anterior chamber, contains a sizing device and a measurement device. In one embodiment, the sizing device comprises a first leg having a first contact portion for operably engaging the ocular portion and a second leg having a second contact portion for operably engaging the ocular portion. The sizing device has a test geometry when placed within the ocular portion. The measurement device is adapted for determining a dimension of the sizing device based at least in part on the test geometry. The sizing device may also have a reference geometry when the sizing device in a reference condition. In certain embodiments, the difference between the reference geometry and the test geometry may be used for sizing the intraocular lens and/or the ocular portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Abbott Medical Optics Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel G. Brady, Tuyet H. Nguyen