US 12,144,723 B2
Modular intraocular lens designs, tools and methods
Malik Y. Kahook, Denver, CO (US); Glenn Sussman, Laguna Niguel, CA (US); Rudolph F. Zacher, Costa Mesa, CA (US); Paul J. McLean, North Oaks, MN (US); Harvey Uy, Quezon (PH); Robert Cionni, Salt Lake City, UT (US); and Kerry Solomon, Sullivan's Island, SC (US)
Assigned to Alcon Inc., Fribourg (CH); and The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate, Denver, CO (US)
Filed by Alcon Inc., Fribourg (CH); and The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate, Denver, CO (US)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/360,387.
Application 17/360,387 is a continuation of application No. 16/017,295, filed on Jun. 25, 2018, granted, now 11,076,948.
Application 16/017,295 is a continuation of application No. 15/342,806, filed on Nov. 3, 2016, granted, now 10,028,824, issued on Jul. 24, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/318,272, filed on Apr. 5, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/256,579, filed on Nov. 17, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/250,780, filed on Nov. 4, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0322151 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 2/16 (2006.01); A61F 2/14 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/1648 (2013.01) [A61F 2/1662 (2013.01); A61F 2/15 (2015.04); A61F 2002/1681 (2013.01); A61F 2002/169 (2015.04); A61F 2220/0033 (2013.01); A61F 2250/006 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0067 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A modular intraocular lens (IOL) system, comprising:
a base, comprising:
an anterior section surrounding an anterior opening,
a posterior section surrounding a posterior opening,
a wall extending between the anterior and the posterior sections,
a passage extending through the base from the anterior opening to the posterior opening, and
a recess surrounding the passage, wherein the recess is bordered by a first horizontal surface of the anterior section, a second horizontal surface of the posterior section, and a vertical surface of the wall; and
a lens configured for insertion into and removal from the base, the lens comprising:
an optic,
a first fixed tab protruding from the optic, and
a second tab protruding from the optic, the second tab including a pair of actuatable members actuatable between a compressed position and an extended position, wherein the actuatable members are spring members, wherein each of the spring members includes a first end connected to an edge of the optic and a second free end and wherein in the compressed position each second free end is fully compressed against an edge of the optic,
wherein when the lens is inserted into the base, the first tab and the second tab are received by the recess of the base, and the optic extends across the passage of the base.