IOL insertion apparatus and method for making and using same

US6283975A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• ALLERGAN SALES, LLC · US

Inventors

• Robert Glick · Huntington Station, US
• Harish Makker · Mission Viejo, US
• Shih-Liang S. Yang · Laguna Hills, US
• Daniel G. Brady · London, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 6, 1999
• Grant date: Sep 4, 2001
• Expiry date: Aug 6, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2/1675
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Apparatus for inserting intraocular lenses (IOLs) into eyes include a hollow tube including a material and having an interior wall defining a hollow space through which an IOL is passed and an outlet through which the IOL is passed from the hollow space into an eye, and a water soluble lubricity enhancing component physically secured to said hollow tube and concentrated at or near the interior wall in an amount effective to facilitate the passage of the IOL through the hollow space.