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Deformable intraocular lens injecting apparatus with deformable tip plunger

US5772666A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 11, 1995
Grant dateJun 30, 1998
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Expiry dateDec 11, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61F2/1667
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A deformable intraocular lens injecting apparatus having a movable plunger with a deformable plunger tip, preferably a resiliently deformable plunger tip. In a preferred embodiment, the plunger tip is made of soft resiliently deformable material to prevent any surface or internal damage to the deformable intraocular lens being forced through a delivery passageway of the lens injecting apparatus.

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