Abstract:
Some embodiments provide a copolymer comprising: an acrylate recurring unit and an optionally substituted vinylaryl recurring unit, wherein a portion of at least one of the recurring units comprises a vinyldialkylsiloxy pendant group. The copolymers may be useful as soft acrylic haptics for intraocular lenses. Some embodiments further relate to intraocular lenses having a hydrophobic soft acrylic optic and a silicone haptic, such as a dual optic accommodative lens a having hydrophobic soft acrylic anterior and posterior optic bodies and a silicone haptic. Related copolymeric composite materials as well as additional embodiments of intraocular lenses, are also described herein.
Abstract:
An accommodating intraocular lens (200, 300, 400) has an anterior portion (102) including an anterior viewing element (106) and an anterior biasing element (108) connected to the anterior viewing element (106). A posterior portion (104) has a posterior viewing element (118) and a posterior biasing element (120) connected to the posterior viewing element (118). The anterior and posterior biasing elements (108, 120) are connected at first and second apices (112, 116). First and second distending members (134, 136) are connected to the posterior portion (104). The first and second distending members (134, 136) extend to locations significantly anterior of an anterior side of the posterior viewing element (118).
Abstract:
Some embodiments provide a copolymer comprising: an acrylate recurring unit and an optionally substituted vinylaryl recurring unit, wherein a portion of at least one of the recurring units comprises a vinyldialkylsiloxy pendant group. The copolymers may be useful as soft acrylic haptics for intraocular lenses. Some embodiments further relate to intraocular lenses having a hydrophobic soft acrylic optic and a silicone haptic, such as a dual optic accommodative lens a having hydrophobic soft acrylic anterior and posterior optic bodies and a silicone haptic. Related copolymeric composite materials as well as additional embodiments of intraocular lenses, are also described herein.
Abstract:
An intraocular lens (100A) can comprise first and second viewing elements ( 106. 1 18). At least one of the viewing elements can comprise an optic having an anterior surface and a posterior surface. The anterior surface can comprise an aspheric region (164) having increased longitudinal aberration as compared to a spherical lens (100) to increase depth of focus. Alternatively, the aspheric region (164) can be located on the posterior surface of the optic, or both the anterior surface and the posterior surface can comprise aspheric regions.
Abstract:
An accommodating intraocular lens implantable in an eye. The lens comprises an anterior portion having an anterior biasing element and an anterior optic having refractive power. The lens further comprises a posterior portion having a posterior biasing element and a posterior optic having refractive power. The anterior optic and the posterior optic are relatively moveable in response to action of the ciliary muscle to change the separation between the optics and the refractive power of the lens. The lens has an aberration-inducing force characteristic of about 70 mg to about 115 mg to allow aberration-inducing relative movement of the optics when the lens is in the eye, thereby adding optical aberration to the lens which increases depth of focus of the lens. In one variation, the lens has an aberration-inducing force characteristic of 70 mg to 115 mg. Related methods are also disclosed.
Abstract:
Disclosed is an apparatus for compacting an intraocular lens. The apparatus comprises a lens compactor having a first configuration for retaining the intraocular lens in an unstressed condition and a second configuration in which the compactor stresses the lens into an at least partially compacted condition without advancing the lens along an injection axis of the compactor. The compactor accomplishes this by applying a compacting force in a direction generally orthogonal to the optical axis of the lens. The compactor is responsive to a compactor actuator that is movable by a user to change the compactor from the first configuration to the second configuration. Additional apparatus and methods are disclosed as well.
Abstract:
An injector (100) for an intraocular lens includes an injector body (104) having a longitudinal axis (A-A). The body includes a first housing (108) configured to receive the lens and a second housing (112) configured to move relative to the first housing (108) in the direction of the longitudinal axis (A-A). The injector (100) also includes a lens engagement surface configured to engage a first, but not a second, viewing element of the lens. The injector (100) includes opposing lens compaction members configured to move from a first position in which the lens compaction surfaces are spaced from each other to a second position in which the lens compaction surfaces are closer to each other and in which a lens positioned therebetween is compacted. A retention member is configured to apply a longitudinal retention force on the lens compaction members to retain the compaction members in the second position.
Abstract:
Disclosed are apparatus for delivering an accommodating intraocular lens to an eye. One apparatus includes an injector with a longitudinal injection passage that has a longitudinal injection axis. The apparatus also includes an accommodating intraocular lens having two interconnected viewing elements. The injector has a member for moving the lens into the injection passage of the apparatus. The accommodating intraocular lens has a longitudinal bisection axis and is initially disposed within the injector with the longitudinal bisection axis at an angle which is non-parallel and non-perpendicular to the injection axis. Additional apparatus and methods are disclosed as well.
Abstract:
One disclosed embodiment of an intraocular implant includes a lens body. The lens body comprises a diffractive optical surface (115) having diffractive properties which produce an interference pattern. The lens body is sized and shaped for placement in an anterior portion of a human eye. The lens body is sufficiently flexible to change the shape of the diffractive optical surface in response to ciliary muscle (60) action so that the interference pattern is modified.
Abstract:
Disclosed is an injector (100) which comprises an injector housing (102) having a longitudinal axis (A-A) and an injection probe disposed along the longitudinal axis. The injector further comprises an intraocular lens (200) disposed in the housing. The intraocular lens comprises first and second interconnected viewing elements (202, 204), and the optical axes of the first and second viewing elements are substantially aligned. The optical axes are substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the housing. The injector further comprises a lens carrier (104) which engages one of the viewing elements. The viewing elements are moveable in response to longitudinal movement of the lens carrier relative to the injector housing. The longitudinal movement causes both (i) the optical axes to be displaced relative to each other and (ii) the viewing elements to be disposed substantially on the longitudinal axis of the injector housing.