US 11,986,385 B2
Protective lens holder
Alan Waterhouse, San Diego, CA (US); and R. Kyle Webb, Carlsbad, CA (US)
Assigned to AcuFocus, Inc., Bridgewater, NJ (US)
Filed by AcuFocus, Inc., Bridgewater, NJ (US)
Filed on Jun. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/807,548.
Application 17/807,548 is a continuation of application No. 16/628,533, granted, now 11,395,732, previously published as PCT/US2018/040711, filed on Jul. 3, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/528,891, filed on Jul. 5, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0387170 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 2/16 (2006.01); A45C 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/1691 (2013.01) [A45C 11/005 (2013.01); A61F 2002/1683 (2013.01); A61F 2002/169 (2015.04); A61F 2002/16902 (2015.04); A61F 2220/0033 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An intraocular lens (IOL) holder for protecting an intraocular lens, the holder comprising:
a posterior wall;
an annular wall extending anteriorly from the posterior wall, the annular wall comprising an anterior edge, the annular wall having two recesses each formed in the anterior edge, the two recesses positioned opposite each other and each sized and configured to receive a corresponding haptic of the intraocular lens;
a locking feature configured to secure the intraocular lens, at least a portion of the locking feature being anterior to the intraocular lens when positioned in the holder; and
an internal space defined by the posterior wall and the annular wall, the internal space sized to receive a lens body of the intraocular lens,
wherein the annular wall comprises an outer surface and an interior surface, the interior surface comprises a ledge positioned in-part between the locking feature and the posterior wall, the ledge sized and configured to receive a perimeter of an optic of the intraocular lens,
wherein a maximum diameter of the ledge is larger than a maximum diameter of the locking feature,
wherein the locking feature comprises a lip extending radially inward from the anterior edge, and
wherein the posterior wall of the holder extends the entire diameter of the interior surface of the annular wall.