US 12,357,450 B2
Haptic optic management system utilizing rotary arms
Jack Robert Auld, Laguna Niguel, CA (US); Matthew Braden Flowers, Aliso Viejo, CA (US); Matthew Douglas McCawley, San Clemente, CA (US); Andrew Thomas Schieber, Tustin, CA (US); Sudarshan B. Singh, Euless, TX (US); and Marcus Antonio Souza, Costa Mesa, CA (US)
Assigned to Alcon Inc, Fribourg (CH)
Filed by Alcon Inc., Fribourg (CH)
Filed on May 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/310,982.
Application 18/310,982 is a continuation of application No. 16/705,861, filed on Dec. 6, 2019, granted, now 11,678,977.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/777,919, filed on Dec. 11, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0263621 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. A61F 2/16 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/167 (2013.01) [A61F 2002/1686 (2013.01); A61F 2002/1689 (2013.01); A61F 2002/16905 (2015.04)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A haptic optic management system, comprising:
a housing configured to receive an intraocular lens, the housing comprising a first end portion, a second end portion, and a central portion, wherein:
the central portion is configured to accommodate an optic of the intraocular lens,
the first end portion is configured to accommodate a first haptic of the intraocular lens, and
the second end portion is configured to accommodate a second haptic of the intraocular lens;
a first arm pivotably coupled to the housing in the first end portion, the first arm configured to engage the first haptic accommodated in the first end portion; and
a second arm pivotably coupled to the housing in the second end portion, the second arm configured to engage the second haptic accommodated in the second end portion.