US 12,290,435 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 Jan. 18, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/415,927.
Application 18/415,927 is a continuation of application No. 16/999,480, filed on Aug. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,911,263.
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 2024/0148494 A1, May 9, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
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)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A packaging for storing an intraocular lens (IOL), the packaging comprising:
an opening disposed at a proximal end of the packaging;
a passage disposed through the packaging and in fluid communication with the opening; and
an internal feature disposed in the passage, wherein:
the passage is configured to receive an IOL cartridge configured to contain the IOL,
the internal feature is configured to interact with a dial of the IOL cartridge to rotate the dial upon withdrawal of the IOL cartridge from the passage, and
the rotation of the dial causes manipulation of the IOL in the IOL cartridge to prepare the IOL for delivery.