Plunger
US6010510A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 2, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jan 4, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 2, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2/167
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An intraocular lens injector plunger having a blunt, rounded tip offset from the centerline of the plunger rod. The offset tip assures that the tip is biased downward against the bottom of the cartridge bore. Such a downward bias helps prevent the tip from riding up over the IOL and being folded within the IOL. The offset also helps prevent the haptics of the IOL from becoming trapped between the plunger rod and the cartridge bore, thereby damaging the haptics and/or preventing the IOL from being advanced down the bore.
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