Balloon for an intraocular lens and processes for its production
US5035710A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 10, 1989 |
| Grant date | Jul 30, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 10, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB29D11/026
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A balloon for an intraocular lens, which is a unitary elastic hollow body made of an elastomer and having a convex lenticular shape without projections along its circumference, which gives, when inserted in a lens capsule, a configuration corresponding substantially to the shape of the lens capsule, said hollow body having a wall thickness of from 0.001 to 0.1 mm at its optical portion and a diameter of from 6 to 13 mm, and capable of being inflated in the lens capsule to form an intraocular lens when a light transmitting injection material is injected into the hollow body.
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