Patents Assigned to STAAR Japan Inc.
  • 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: 8454625
    Abstract: The insertion device (2) for inserting an intraocular lens (1) into an eye includes a main body (12) including a lens housing portion (12b) in which the lens is housed and a nozzle portion (12c) for ejecting the lens into the eye, a pushing shaft (16) moving the lens from the lens housing portion and pushes out the lens into the eye through a front end opening (12j) of the nozzle portion, a first flow path configured to cause liquid to flow between the front end opening of the nozzle portion and an opening other than the front end opening, and a second flow path configured to cause liquid to flow between a portion (30a) protruding from the front end opening of the nozzle portion and an outside of the insertion device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: STAAR Japan Inc.
    Inventors: Katsumi Yoshida, Kenichi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8449609
    Abstract: An insertion device for an intraocular lens is disclosed which can prevent leakage of a liquid in the device and can house and store a lens as well as the liquid. The insertion device includes a main body including a lens housing portion that houses the lens and an insertion cylindrical portion that feeds the lens into an eye, a pushing shaft that moves the lens from the lens housing portion in the front end direction to push out the lens into the eye through the insertion cylindrical portion, and a lens holding member that holds the lens, and is placed in the lens housing portion. The lens housing portion has a shape that receives insertion of the lens holding member from the rear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Staar Japan, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenichi Kobayashi, Shinobu Toyomane
  • Publication number: 20100256652
    Abstract: An insertion device for an intraocular lens is disclosed which can prevent leakage of a liquid in the device and can house and store a lens as well as the liquid. The insertion device includes a main body including a lens housing portion that houses the lens and an insertion cylindrical portion that feeds the lens into an eye, a pushing shaft that moves the lens from the lens housing portion in the front end direction to push out the lens into the eye through the insertion cylindrical portion, and a lens holding member that holds the lens, and is placed in the lens housing portion. The lens housing portion has a shape that receives insertion of the lens holding member from the rear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: STAAR JAPAN INC.
    Inventors: Kenichi Kobayashi, Shinobu Toyomane
  • Publication number: 20100082037
    Abstract: The insertion device (2) includes a main body (3) including a lens housing portion (3b) in which an intraocular lens (1) is housed and an insertion cylindrical portion (3a) for ejecting the lens into the eye through its front end opening (3j), a pushing shaft (4) configured to move the lens from the lens housing portion to push out the lens into the eye through the insertion cylindrical portion, and a liquid flow path (10) configured to cause liquid filled in an inside of the main body to flow from the inside of the main body to an outside thereof, the liquid flow path not including the front end opening (3j). The pushing shaft includes a structure configured to shut off the liquid flow path after the lens is ejected from the front end opening and thereby flow of the liquid through the front end opening is allowed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: STAAR JAPAN INC.
    Inventors: Kenichi Kobayashi, Shinobu Toyomane, Katsumi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20100076450
    Abstract: The insertion device (2) for inserting an intraocular lens (1) into an eye includes a main body (12) including a lens housing portion (12b) in which the lens is housed and a nozzle portion (12c) for ejecting the lens into the eye, a pushing shaft (16) moving the lens from the lens housing portion and pushes out the lens into the eye through a front end opening (12j) of the nozzle portion, a first flow path configured to cause liquid to flow between the front end opening of the nozzle portion and an opening other than the front end opening, and a second flow path configured to cause liquid to flow between a portion (30a) protruding from the front end opening of the nozzle portion and an outside of the insertion device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: STAAR JAPAN INC.
    Inventors: Katsumi Yoshida, Kenichi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7476230
    Abstract: In an intraocular-lens insertion device for deforming a deformable intraocular lens to a smaller size and inserting the intraocular lens into an eye via an insertion tube, the insertion tube has such an inner wall shape as to cause the deformable intraocular lens to move rotationally about an insertion tube axis by a predetermined angle in the course of axial movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: STAAR Japan Inc.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Ohno, Kenichi Shinzaki, Takashi Masuda