Lens delivery system
View Patent ↗Delivery devices for delivering an ophthalmic device into an eye. In some embodiments the delivery devices are adapted to deliver an intraocular lens into an eye.
1. A method of loading an intraocular lens, comprising:
providing an intraocular lens comprising an optic portion, and leading haptic and a trailing haptic;
positioning the intraocular lens into an intraocular lens receiving area;
deforming the leading haptic such that leading haptic is deformed from an at-rest configuration and extends distally away from the optic portion while the trailing haptic is not extending proximally from the optic portion; and
loading the intraocular lens into a loading device.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein loading comprises moving a plunger distally.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein loading deforms the optic portion.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein loading comprises advancing the optic portion through a tapered section.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein loading causes redistribution of a flowable material within the intraocular lens.