US 12,257,145 B2
Intraocular lens injector with container
Kazunori Kudo, Saku (JP)
Assigned to Hoya Medical Singapore Pte. Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Appl. No. 17/055,186
Filed by Hoya Medical Singapore Pte. Ltd., Singapore (SG)
PCT Filed Apr. 25, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/017744
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 13, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/220922, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 21, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-094807 (JP), filed on May 16, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0145570 A1, May 20, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 2/16 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/167 (2013.01) [A61F 2/1678 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An intraocular ring injector system for use with an intraocular ring, comprising:
an intraocular ring injector including
a hollow body having a nozzle and an inside defining an axial direction and a hollow part configured to house the intraocular ring,
a plunger that moves through the inside of the hollow body in the axial direction,
a pushing member, operably connected to the plunger, that moves with the plunger to push the intraocular ring in the axial direction and through the nozzle;
a container configured to house the intraocular ring injector in such a manner that the nozzle is located within the container; and
a movement control mechanism, associated with the container, configured to allow at least one of the hollow body and the plunger to move in the axial direction relative to the other of the hollow body and the plunger, and to prevent movement of the hollow body and the plunger in directions other than the axial direction, while housing the intraocular ring injector in the container;
wherein the intraocular ring injector and the container are respectively configured such that the entire intraocular ring injector can be removed from the container.