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IOL insertion apparatus and methods for making and using same

US7687097B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Abbott Medical Optics Inc. · US

Inventors

Harish Makker · Mission Viejo, US
Can B. Hu · Irvine, US
Michael D. Lowery · Vista, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 7, 2005
Grant date	Mar 30, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 26, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/1393
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Apparatus, and methods of making and using apparatus, for inserting intraocular lenses (IOLs) are disclosed. The apparatus includes a hollow tube having an interior wall defining a hollow space through which an intraocular lens may be passed from the open space into an eye. A lubricity enhancing component is covalently bonded to the hollow tube at the interior wall in an amount effective to facilitate the passage of the intraocular lens through the hollow space. The lubricity enhancing component includes a substituent component effective to reduce hydrolysis of said lubricity enhancing component relative to an identical lubricity enhancing component without the substituent component.

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