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Artificial eye lens having medicine repository formed therein, and method for producing an artificial eye lens

US11344405B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG · DE

Inventors

Michael Kaschke · Oberkochen, DE
Manfred Dick · Gefell, DE
Mario Gerlach · Hohen Neuendorf, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 17, 2018
Grant date	May 31, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 30, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2250/0068
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to an artificial eye lens comprising an optical part, which has a first optical side as viewed in a direction of an optical principal axis of the artificial eye lens and an opposite second optical side, wherein a structure with at least one depression is formed in a haptic arrangement of the artificial eye lens and/or in a surround that surrounds the optical part at least in certain areas and that differs from the haptic arrangement, wherein the structure is formed as a micro-perforation with a multiplicity of perforation zones and at least some perforation zones are filled at least in certain areas with at least one medicament for the purposes of producing a medicament repository. The invention also relates to a method for producing such an artificial eye lens.

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