Abstract: An intraocular lens fixing device for fixing in an eyeball an intraocular lens having a plurality of haptics is provided, the intraocular lens fixing device comprising: a linear member stretched in the eyeball; and a plurality of haptic retaining members, each being provided to correspond to and retain each of the plurality of haptics and supported in the space of the eyeball by the linear member, wherein the linear member is secured to each of the plurality of haptic retaining members and the haptic retaining member are made of a flexible material.

Abstract: An implantable device for supporting an intraocular lens in an eye including a lens support structure having a central aperture; and one or more fixation arms coupled to the lens support structure and configured to locate and stabilize the device within the eye. Related tools, systems, and methods are provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a holding device for holding an optical implant on a wall area in an eye interior of an eye, comprising at least one retaining component, by which a contact pressure can be exerted on the wall area and thereby the at least one retaining component can be supported on the wall area. Therein, the at least one retaining component has at least one protrusion region, from which at least one protrusion element extends away, which is designed to, when the contact pressure is exerted, penetrate at least regionally into a wall area tissue of the wall area and/or to exert punctiform pressure on the wall area. The invention further relates to an optical device.

Abstract: Provided herein are devices used to reconstruct a natural lens capsule after a cataract surgery. The device has a ring-shaped rigid component, a ring-shaped flexible component and a groove disposed on an inner surface of the rigid component. The rigid component has a distal end attached to the ring-shaped flexible component and a proximal end that lies against Wieger's ligament when fitted within the natural lens capsule. The ring-shaped flexible component has a proximal end that is attached to the distal end of the rigid component and a distal end that contacts an anterior surface of the natural lens capsule when fitted therein. The groove is disposed to receive optics of an intraocular lens and/or the ledge is disposed to secure haptics thereof.

Abstract: A modular intraocular lens (IOL) with a ring configured to prevent glare artifacts. The ring includes a flange on the posterior rim, in which an anterior surface on the flange has a first profile and a posterior surface of the flange has a second profile non-parallel with the first profile. Non-parallel surfaces of the flange can be configured to defocus light transmitted at off-axis angles through an optic and the flange.

Abstract: Intraocular lenses for reducing the risk of posterior capsule opacification (PCO) are described herein. PCO can be reduced with an IOL design that increases the pressure at the posterior capsular bend, for example, by including a sharper edge design, an enlarged optical zone, and/or an increased vault height. An example ophthalmic lens can include an optic (200) including an anterior surface (202) defining an anterior side of the optic, a posterior surface (204) defining a posterior side of the optic, and an edge (210) arranged between the anterior and posterior surfaces. The edge and the posterior surface can form an angle, where the angle is less than about 90 degrees. Additionally, the ophthalmic lens can have an increased vault height. At least one of the angle or the increased vault height be configured to increase pressure on a capsular bend in a subject's eye.

Abstract: A tonic lens guide comprises a substantially linear bar member and a pair of crab claw members fixedly attached to opposite ends of the linear bar member. The toric lens guide is adapted to be mounted upon an intraocular lens (IOL) which has been implanted within the capsular bag of a human eye during cataract surgery such that the substantially linear bar member is adapted to be disposed atop the central optic component of the intraocular lens (IOL) while the crab claw members effectively grasp the optica/haptic junctions of the intraocular lens (IOL). After the intraocular lens (IOL) is implanted within the capsular bag, it is rotated within the capsular bag such that the substantially linear bar member of the toric lens guide will effectively define a diametrical vector across the intraocular lens (IOL) such that the cataract surgeon can precisely orient the intraocular lens (IOL) within the capsular bag such that the patient's astigmatism is optimally corrected.

Abstract: An intraocular lens system may include a base that may include an annular body, an opening extending through the annular body in an axial direction of the annular body, and a recess extending circumferentially about the opening. The system also may include a lens that may be insertable into and removable from the recess. The lens may include a central optic, a first tab protruding radially away from the central optic, and a second tab protruding radially away from the central optic. The second tab may be more resistant to compression in a radial direction than the first tab. The first tab may include a first arm protruding radially away from the central optic, a second arm protruding radially away from the central optic and extending away from the first arm, and a third arm extending from the first arm to the second arm. Movement of one or more of the first, second, and third arms may result in deformation of the first tab.

Abstract: An exchangeable optics system includes an intraocular base that can be fixed within an eye. The intraocular base includes one or more couplers and a supporting structure. The one or more couplers releasably couple to an exchangeable optic or therapeutic and can include magnetic material. The supporting structure can include haptics and a main structure that physically supports the exchangeable optic or the therapeutic that is coupled via the one or more couplers. In some cases, the intraocular base can include a fixed lens within or on the main structure. The exchangeable optic can include corresponding one or more couplers, which may be formed of magnetic material. The therapeutic can be in the form of a magnetic particle.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an intraocular lens comprising: a primary lens (1000) having a first focal length, a first surface, and a second surface; a secondary lens (2000) having at least two focal lengths, a first surface (2100), and a second surface (2200), wherein the second surface (2200) of the secondary lens (2000) conforms to the first surface of the primary lens (1000), while the secondary lens (2000) is attached to the primary lens (1000) by peelable adhesive forces over substantially its second surface (2200).

Abstract: Hybrid Accommodating Intra Ocular Lens (AIOL) assemblages including two discrete component parts in the form of a discrete base member for initial implantation in a vacated capsular bag and a discrete lens unit for subsequent implantation in the vacated capsular bag for anchoring to the discrete base member. The lens unit includes a lens optics having at least two segmented lens haptics radially outwardly extending therefrom.

Abstract: There is provided an intraocular lens including an optic portion having a circular shape from one side thereof and including a first pattern which includes a ridge and a groove, and a plurality of haptic portions extending from an outer circumferential edge of the optic portion and each including a second pattern which includes a ridge and a groove, in which at least one of the ridges included in the first pattern and the second pattern and at least one of the grooves included in the first pattern and the second pattern includes a section in which a width is formed differently.

Abstract: An ophthalmic device includes an optic having an optic axis and a closed-loop haptic structure coupled with the optic. The closed loop haptic structure includes a first hinge having a first section, a second section, and a connecting section extending between the first section and the second section. The first section has a first component extending in a first angular direction and a second component extending in a second angular direction that is opposite to the first angular direction. The closed loop haptic structure further includes a second hinge including a radial section and an axial section extending from the axial section in the first angular direction, the radial section having a cross-sectional area greater than a maximum cross-sectional area of the first hinge.

Abstract: A joined optical member 1 includes: a hardly adhesive lens L1 that is formed of a hardly adhesive material; an easily adhesive lens L2 that is formed of a easily adhesive material and is provided parallel to the hardly adhesive lens L1 in an optical axis direction; a bonding member that includes an exposed portion 2a and is embedded in the hardly adhesive lens L1, the exposed portion 2a being exposed to an outer peripheral portion 11 of a facing surface L1a of the hardly adhesive lens L1 that faces the easily adhesive lens L2; and an adhesive 3 that allows the easily adhesive lens L2 and the exposed portion 2a of the bonding member 2 to adhere to each other. The easily adhesive material has higher adhesiveness with the adhesive than the hardly adhesive material.

Abstract: The present invention is a multifocal intraocular lens including an optical body, a first support loop and a second support loop, wherein, the optical body is composed of a substrate layer and a coating layer; the substrate layer, the first support loop and the second support loop have a one-piece structure and are formed integrally with the same material; the coating layer is cemented on the substrate layer by means of injection-compression molding; the substrate layer and the coating layer are made of different materials. The optical body of the present invention is a multifocal optical zone with a double-cemented structure. The optical zone includes a plurality of binary surfaces and an aspheric surface, effectively correcting chromatic aberration of the secondary spectrum, improving image quality, expanding the range of additional optical power, and achieving a full range of vision.

Abstract: A surgical implant device may include a first substantially planar portion having a first surface area, a second substantially planar portion having a second surface area, and a coupling device for connecting the first substantially planar portion to the second substantially planar portion. The coupling device facilitates expanding and contracting the first and the second substantially planar portion in order to provide an implant surface area corresponding to the first surface area during insertion of the surgical implant within an incision, and having a third surface area corresponding to both the first surface area and at least a portion of the second surface area following insertion of the surgical implant within the incision.

Abstract: A system for providing auto-focus augmented reality (AR) viewing of real and virtual objects includes a frame for holding AR viewing components on a user's head and optically in front of the user's eyes. The AR viewing components include an internal virtual objects display for displaying virtual objects to a user. Internal and external focus correction modules respectively adjust focal distances of virtual and real objects, are respectively configurable to adjust the focal distances of the virtual and real objects differently based on the different user vision types, and operate to respectively adjust the focal distances of the virtual and real objects such that the virtual and real objects are simultaneously in focus based on the vision type of the user.

Abstract: A method of positioning an accommodating intraocular lens assembly in an eye can include implanting an accommodating intraocular lens assembly having a positive power lens in the eye. The accommodating intraocular lens assembly can also include a plurality of stanchions extending between base ends and distal ends. The base ends can be disposed in spaced relation to one another about a first arcuate periphery positioned in a ciliary sulcus of the eye. The distal ends can be disposed about a second arcuate periphery extending in a second plane positioned forward and outside of a capsular bag of the eye. The positive-power lens can be connected with the plurality of distal ends whereby a center of the positive power lens is moved along the central optic axis in response to contraction of the first arcuate periphery by contraction of the ciliary sulcus.

Abstract: A fiducial is generated on an internal anatomical structure of the eye of a patient with a surgical laser. A tonic artificial intraocular lens (IOL) is positioned so that a marker of the tonic IOL is in a predetermined positional relationship relative to the fiducial. This positioning aligns the tonic IOL with the astigmatic or other axis of the eye. The toric IOL is then implanted in the eye of the patient with high accuracy.

Abstract: An intraocular lens, and a system and method of customizing at least one characteristic for an intraocular lens, in accordance with a regression that indicates the postoperative spherical aberration at the iris plane of a patient aphakic eye, in order to obtain a desired postoperative condition. The lens, system and method of customizing at least one characteristic of an intraocular lens may include 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 and an anterior chamber depth of the eye, and empirically calculating a spherical aberration at an iris or pupil plane of the eye, based on a regression formula comprising at least the corneal spherical aberration and the anterior chamber depth, and cross products thereof.

Abstract: An intelligent intraocular and extraocular muscle sensitivity exercise training instrument which is disposed with an ocular head (1) consisting of a front shell (11), a middle shell (12) and a back shell (13), and a control device (2) electrically connected to the ocular head (1), as well as an intraocular muscle exercise bar (3) electrically connected to the control device (2). The beneficial effects are as below: in addition to supplementing the field of portable intraocular and extraocular muscle training instruments, it is also convenient for students to put it in their school bags for use at any time thanks to its intelligent operations and foldable structure, it overcomes the shortcomings of the above-mentioned pure extraocular and intraocular muscle sensitivity training instruments. Therefore, it is bound to have a profound effect on myopia control, dyslexia remediation, eye healthcare, and memory improvement among teenagers.

Abstract: An intraocular lens has an optical part and a haptic adjoining the optical part. At least one additional fixation element that differs from the haptic is formed on at least an upper side of the intraocular lens. The additional fixation element is formed to fix the position of the intraocular lens in the capsular bag of an eye. A method for making an intraocular lens and a method for implanting an intraocular lens in a capsular bag of an eye are also disclosed.

Abstract: An intraocular lens for providing vision to a subject contains an optic, a support structure coupled to the optic. The intraocular lens also includes a textured surface and/or subsurface layer. The optic is disposed about an optical axis and comprises an anterior surface and an opposing posterior surface, the surfaces being configured to focus light when implanted within an eye having a capsular bag. The textured surface is disposed over a surface portion of the intraocular lens. The subsurface layer is configured to scatter an amount of light that is at least twice the amount of light scattered by portions of the material adjacent the subsurface layer or at least twice the amount of light scattered by another intraocular lens that does not have the subsurface layer, but which is otherwise substantially equivalent.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: The invention relates to an intraocular accommodative lens, comprising an optical arrangement and haptics, the lens being adapted for variable focusing by movement of at least one part of the optical arrangement by at least one of the haptics, wherein the haptics comprise a part adapted to transfer a movement from the ciliary mass to the optical arrangement. This forms an attractive way of driving the variable lens, in particular for locations of the lens avoiding the capsular bag.

Abstract: An intraocular lens is adapted for insertion into a capsular bag having a zonular contact region. The intraocular lens comprises a shape changing optical element and an accommodating element comprising at least one force transmitting element and a plurality of spaced apart contacting elements each adapted to contact a portion of the zonular contact region and transmit compressive displacement radially inward at an oblique angle to the optical element and configured to cooperate with at least one of the ciliary muscle of the mammalian eye, the zonules of the mammalian eye and the vitreous pressure in the eye to effect an accommodating shape and a disaccommodating shape change to the optical element.

Abstract: An intraocular lens is disclosed with an optic that changes shape in response to forces exerted by the zonules of the eye. A haptic with an inner and outer ring couples the optic to the capsular bag of the eye. The haptic stresses the optic when the intraocular lens is in a natural state such that the internal stress is present throughout the accommodation range in order to prevent ripples and/or waves in the optic.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: Accommodative intraocular lens comprising an optic part (1), which in turn comprises at least one incurving notch (3) and a peripheral edge of the optic (2); a haptic part (8), which in turn comprises at least one central branch (9), one lateral branch (10) and one angular branch of the haptic (11); an incomplete incurving ring (6) that in turn comprises at least one angled branch of the ring (17); an incurving tab (5); and means for sliding and/or stopping and/or amplifying the moving parts. The new accommodative intraocular lens accommodates in near vision by a posteroanterior displacement of the optic, changes in its curvature and changes in its thickness. The design of the incomplete incurving ring allows keeping the capsular bag open and tense to allow a greater displacement of the optic, and the incurving tabs (5) provide a greater accommodation power by curving the optic and increasing its thickness.

Abstract: An adjustable astigmatism-reducing intraocular lens includes a toric optic with a long axis. The optic is rotationally coupled to haptics, and a plurality of struts extend between the optic and the haptics. The struts are held under tension and individually releasable via laser, or are heat shrinkable to increase the tension of selective struts. When a strut is released or shrunk, a torsional force is applied to angularly adjust the optic relative to the haptics. After the lens has been implanted and healed relative to the tissue, struts are individually released via laser ablation to cause torsional instability and resulting net rotational adjustment, or individually heat shrunk to tension the strut, to cause torsional instability, and effect net rotational adjustment to ensure that a long axis of optic is aligned with the axis of astigmatic correction of the eye.

Abstract: 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 mm2 and 100 mm2. The at least one haptic plate may form a continuous 360-degree boundary around the optic. The at least one haptic plate has a width in a radial dimension of 1.0-3.

Abstract: An accommodating intraocular lens for providing a range of accommodative vision contains an optic and a haptic. The haptic includes a plurality of arms coupled to a compressible inner structure. The compressible inner structure of the haptic is configured to exert a compressive force on the optic in response to an ocular force to provide accommodation. The compressible inner structure can include a plurality of arcuate segments that join to form a ring in the fully compressed state or a sinusoidal ring having a varying radial dimension.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A plate haptic for an accommodating intraocular lens. The plate haptic has a haptic body that is substantially rigid in a longitudinal direction and substantially flexible in a transverse direction. A chassis is integral to the haptic body. The chassis causes the haptic body to be substantially more rigid in a longitudinal direction than in a transverse direction.

Abstract: A method is described for introducing a scleral fixation bag into an eye. The scleral fixation bag includes haptics that extend therefrom. The method includes inserting and affixing the haptics into sclerotomies formed in the eye; the haptics affix the scleral fixation bag without a need for natural capsular bag support. The haptics of the scleral fixation bag include a slender loop element and a distal hook portion that extends from a distal end of the slender loop element. The distal hook portion has an anterior edge tilted towards the central anterior-posterior axis of the scleral fixation bag.

Abstract: Described here are systems and methods for accessing Schlemm's canal and for delivering an ocular device or fluid composition therein. The ocular devices may maintain the patency of Schlemm's canal without substantially interfering with transmural fluid flow across the canal. The fluid composition may be a viscoelastic fluid that is delivered into the canal to facilitate drainage of aqueous humor by disrupting the canal and surrounding trabeculocanalicular tissues. Tools for disrupting these tissues and minimally invasive methods for treating medical conditions associated with elevated intraocular pressure, including glaucoma, are also described.

Abstract: A two-optic accommodative lens system is disclosed. Two coupled lenses are located within the capsular bag to extend depth of focus and/or restore accommodation following extraction of a natural lens. The first lens comprises a spring-like structure attaching an optic to a ring-like support structure. The optic can be a monofocal or multifocal optical element having a positive or negative power. The first lens further comprises features designed to couple the ring-like structure to a second lens. The first lens can be located anteriorly within the capsular bag. The second lens is located posteriorly to the first lens within the capsular bag and can have an opposite or supplementary power to that of the first lens. The second lens can also be a monofocal or multifocal lens and comprises a plurality of haptics which can be used to size the lens system over a range of capsular bag sizes. The second lens further comprises features for coupling the second lens to the ring-like structure of the first lens.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A plate haptic for an accommodating intraocular lens. The plate haptic has a haptic body that is substantially rigid in a longitudinal direction and substantially flexible in a transverse direction. A chassis is integral to the haptic body. The chassis causes the haptic body to be substantially more rigid in a longitudinal direction than in a transverse direction.

Abstract: An IOL having an optic and a peripheral stabilizing ring. The optic and the ring are connected by a flexible bridge. An area on the ring coinciding with a feature on the optic helps to locate the optic within the ring in an unstressed state until the capsular bag collapses and locks the optic into place.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: An exchangeable intraocular lens device having a flexible, high-memory expansile lens fixation platform adapted to receive the haptics of an intraocular lens, and their method of use, are provided. The device is specifically designed to expand completely into the equatorial fornix of the capsular bag and become permanently implanted therein. The design of the present invention addresses the desire of patients to exchange their existing intraocular lens to meet their changing visual needs or to take advantage of improved lens technology, without incurring the significant risks typically associated with exchange of current intraocular lens technology. The exchangeable intraocular lens device provides accurate centration, positioning, and stability of the intraocular lens in the capsular bag. The exchangeable intraocular lens device reduces lens epithelial cell migration and resultant posterior capsule opacification.

Abstract: An intraocular lens is adapted for insertion into a capsular bag having a zonular contact region. The intraocular lens comprises a shape changing optical element and an accommodating element comprising at least one force transmitting element and a plurality of spaced apart contacting elements each adapted to contact a portion of the zonular contact region and transmit compressive displacement radially inward at an oblique angle to the optical element and configured to cooperate with at least one of the ciliary muscle of the mammalian eye, the zonules of the mammalian eye and the vitreous pressure in the eye to effect an accommodating shape and a disaccommodating shape change to the optical element.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: An accommodating intraocular lens includes an adjustable optic, wherein the optic is capable of being moved between an accommodated state and an unaccommodated state. The optic includes an anterior portion, a posterior portion, and a sidewall between the anterior portion and the posterior portion. The lens further includes a ring disposed about the optic sidewall and a haptic coupled to the ring. The haptic is capable of being coupled to a patient's capsular bag. A method for implanting an accommodating intraocular lens is also provided.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A multi-element accommodating intraocular lens (AIOL) having a first anterior translation member and a first posterior translation member coupled together to form a first bias element. The first posterior translation member has a greater resistance to bending than the first anterior translation member. The first posterior translation member has a greater thickness than the first anterior translation member.

Abstract: 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.