Abstract: An intraocular lens (IOL) prosthesis is implanted through one or more corneal incisions made within a predetermined surgical axis defining a plane that intersects the optical axis as well as the visual axis of the human eye. At least two looped sutures are fed through suture apertures and sutured to the sclera of the eye by which a center aperture of the prosthesis is suspended in the plane within the posterior chamber of the eye and centered on either the optical or visual axis. The prosthesis is made of a thin sheet of flexibly resilient material (e.g. silicone, polyimide, acrylic, polypropylene), and can be rectangular, triangular or of any suitable geometric shape. The center aperture has dimensions that facilitates optic capture or reverse optic capture of commercially available IOLs and includes vertex features for resisting movement of the haptics of the captured IOLs once captured therein.

Abstract: A capsular prosthesis is disclosed that is implanted to support posterior chamber placement of IOLs. The capsular prosthesis can be implanted to replace the capsule in situations where the patient's natural capsule has been rendered incapable of providing the structural support necessary to maintain proper centration of an IOL implanted therein. The prosthesis is surgically implanted into the eye by inserting the prosthesis into the eye through a primary incision. The prosthesis is secured to the sclera of the eye with at least two transscleral sutures to establish at least three points of contact between the sclera and the at least three apertures of the prosthesis. The at least two transscleral sutures support the sheet within a desired plane located within the posterior chamber, the plane containing a predetermined surgical axis passing through the center aperture. The IOL is inserted through the primary incision and optically captured on the prosthesis.