US 11,911,263 B2
Packaging-assisted actuation for an intraocular lens cartridge
Sudarshan B. Singh, Euless, TX (US); Todd Taber, Keller, TX (US); Yinghui Wu, Cedar Hill, TX (US); Douglas Brent Wensrich, Bedford, TX (US); Trevor Haney, Jenison, MI (US); Andrew Check, Kalamazoo, MI (US); Justin Benaquisto, New Baltimore, MI (US); Joe Marietta, Kalamazoo, MI (US); Jonathan Penrod, Kalamazoo, MI (US); Tim LaRoy, Kalamazoo, MI (US); and Bryce Porter, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Assigned to Alcon Inc., Fribourg (CH)
Filed by Alcon Inc., Fribourg (CH)
Filed on Aug. 21, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/999,480.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/040,586, filed on Jun. 18, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/890,859, filed on Aug. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0052374 A1, Feb. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 2/16 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/1691 (2013.01) [A61F 2/167 (2013.01); A61F 2/1678 (2013.01); A61F 2002/1683 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for storing or shipping an intraocular lens (IOL), the system comprising:
a packaging comprising a passage; and
an IOL cartridge removably disposed within the passage, the IOL cartridge comprising:
a compartment configured to receive an IOL; and
a dial configured to rotate upon withdrawal of the IOL cartridge from the passage, wherein rotation of the dial results in configuration of the IOL for delivery and releases the IOL cartridge from the packaging, wherein:
the rotation of the dial causes the IOL to be folded,
the compartment of the IOL cartridge comprises edge rollers configured to rotate and fold the IOL, the IOL disposed between the edge rollers, wherein a surface of each of the edge rollers is configured to contact an inner surface of the dial, wherein the inner surface of the dial is exposed to the compartment, and
the IOL cartridge further comprises compression arms configured to compress haptic extensions of the IOL, the compression arms configured to contact the inner surface of the dial.