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Accommodating intraocular lens

US4994082A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 9, 1988
Grant dateFeb 19, 1991
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Expiry dateSep 9, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61F2/1648
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An intraocular lens assembly including an adjustable-power lens assembly and an adjustment mechanism coupled between the lens assembly and the ciliary muscle of the eye in which the lens assembly is implanted for adjusting the power of the lens assembly in response to contraction or relaxation of the ciliary muscle.

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