US 12,458,488 B2
Masked intraocular implants and lenses
Bruce A. Christie, Claremont, CA (US); and Alexei N. Kosmynine, Aliso Viejo, CA (US)
Assigned to ACUFOCUS, INC., Bridgewater, NJ (US)
Filed by AcuFocus, Inc., Bridgewater, NJ (US)
Filed on May 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/662,546.
Application 16/534,878 is a division of application No. 15/364,121, filed on Nov. 29, 2016, granted, now 10,449,036, issued on Oct. 22, 2019.
Application 17/662,546 is a continuation of application No. 16/534,878, filed on Aug. 7, 2019, granted, now 11,357,617.
Application 15/364,121 is a continuation of application No. 14/511,626, filed on Oct. 10, 2014, abandoned.
Application 14/511,626 is a continuation of application No. 13/710,388, filed on Dec. 10, 2012, granted, now 9,005,281, issued on Apr. 14, 2015.
Application 13/710,388 is a continuation of application No. 13/558,286, filed on Jul. 25, 2012, abandoned.
Application 13/558,286 is a continuation of application No. 12/856,492, filed on Aug. 13, 2010, granted, now 9,492,272, issued on Nov. 15, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/233,794, filed on Aug. 13, 2009.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/233,804, filed on Aug. 13, 2009.
Prior Publication US 2022/0280285 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/16 (2006.01); A61F 2/14 (2006.01); B29D 11/02 (2006.01); B29K 33/04 (2006.01); B29K 105/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/1613 (2013.01) [A61F 2/15 (2015.04); A61F 2/16 (2013.01); A61F 2/1659 (2013.01); B29D 11/023 (2013.01); A61F 2002/1681 (2013.01); A61F 2002/1696 (2015.04); A61F 2210/0076 (2013.01); A61F 2240/002 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0053 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0058 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0098 (2013.01); B29K 2033/04 (2013.01); B29K 2105/0085 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An intraocular implant comprising:
a lens body comprising a lens body material;
an opaque mask positioned within the lens body, the opaque mask comprises an aperture having a diameter in the range of about 0.85 mm to about 2.2 mm, the mask further comprises a plurality of holes extending between a posterior surface of the mask and an anterior surface of the mask, each of the plurality of holes having a diameter in the range of about 7 microns to about 20 microns, the lens body material extending through the plurality of holes from the posterior surface of the mask to the anterior surface of the mask.