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Granted Patent B2
US 12,414,852 · App. 16/313,180 · Granted Sep 16, 2025

Intraocular lens injector

Inventors: Yoshitaka Watanabe (Tokyo, JP); Xiaoxiao Zhang (Singapore, SG)
Assignee: Hoya Medical Singapore Pte. Ltd.
A61F2/1678A61F2/16A61F2/1662A61F2/1672A61F9/007A61M5/31528A61M5/3286A61F2002/1683A61M2005/3125
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Patent No.
US 12,414,852
App. No.
16/313,180
Granted
Sep 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided an intraocular lens injector for injecting an intraocular lens into an eye, including: an injector main body 5 ; an injection tube 7 attached to a tip part of the injector main body 5 and having a nozzle portion 7 b ; and an attachment member 16 having a protruding surface disposed in a state of protruding to outside from an outer circumferential surface of the nozzle portion 7 b , wherein the attachment member 16 has an engaging portion 16 b engaged with a sleeve portion 16 a and is configured to be movable with respect to the injection tubed 7.

Claims (51)

1. An intraocular lens injector for injecting an intraocular lens into an eye, comprising:

a hollow body having a nozzle portion configured to be inserted into an incisional wound in the eye and defining an outer circumferential surface and a distal end with a distal end opening;

an attachment member including a sleeve portion defining an axis and a distal end and having a protruding surface at the distal end that is oriented at an oblique angle with respect to the axis and is configured to engage the outer surface of the eye when the nozzle portion is within the incisional wound; and

a protrusion and hole arrangement associated with the hollow body and the attachment member that is configured such that the attachment member cannot be detached from the hollow body after the attachment member has been attached to the hollow body;

wherein the protrusion and hole arrangement is configured such that the attachment member has an engaged state where the attachment member is fixed to the hollow body at a first location and a disengaged state where the attachment member is movable with respect to the hollow body to a second location axially offset from the first location; and

wherein the protruding surface at the distal end of the attachment member is located rearward of the distal end of the nozzle portion and protrudes outwardly from the nozzle portion when the attachment member is in the engaged state.

2. The intraocular lens according to claim 1 , wherein the attachment member is movable while being attached to the hollow body.

3. The intraocular lens injector according to claim 1 , wherein the protrusion and hole arrangement comprises an engaging portion which is engaged with the hollow body and is formed in the attachment member, and an engaged portion which is formed in the hollow body corresponding to the engaging portion.

4. The intraocular lens injector according to claim 3 , wherein the engaging portion has a lock mechanism in which the attachment member is temporarily fixed to the hollow body by an engagement between the engaging portion and the engaged portion.

5. The intraocular lens injector according to claim 3 , wherein the engaging portion includes a tongue piece having a plurality of engagement holes formed thereon, and the engaged portion includes a locking claw engaged with one of the plurality of engagement holes.

6. The intraocular lens injector according to claim 1 , wherein the protruding surface restricts an injection amount when the nozzle portion is is within the incisional wound.

7. The intraocular lens injector according to claim 6 , wherein the attachment member protruding surface is soft.

8. The intraocular lens injector according to claim 6 , wherein the attachment member protruding surface is formed from a soft resin.

9. The intraocular lens injector according to claim 1 , wherein a viewing window is provided on the attachment member.

10. The intraocular lens according to claim 9 , wherein the protruding surface is formed in a shape with an upper part cut out, and the viewing window is formed so as to communicate with a cutout portion of the protruding surface.

11. The intraocular lens injector according to claim 1 , wherein the protruding surface is made of a soft resin.

12. The intraocular lens injector according to claim 1 , wherein the nozzle portion has a cutout portion formed along an axial direction of the hollow body and inclined in the same direction as the protruding surface of the attachment member, and a tapered portion is formed on the attachment member, to reduce an outer circumferential diameter of the nozzle portion, by being brought into contact with an outer circumferential surface of the nozzle portion, which is a portion where the cutout portion is formed.

13. The intraocular lens injector according to claim 1 , wherein the hollow body has a lens installing portion, and an intraocular lens is installed on the lens installing portion.

14. The intraocular lens injector according to claim 1 , wherein

the engaged state where the attachment member is fixed to the hollow body at the first location defines a first engaged state; and

the protrusion and hole arrangement is configured such that the attachment member is in a second engaged state at the second location.

15. An intraocular lens injector for injecting an intraocular lens into an eye, comprising:

a hollow body having a main body and an injection tube, secured to the main body, with a nozzle portion configured to be inserted into an incisional wound in the eye and defining an outer circumferential surface and a distal end;

an attachment member defining a distal end and having a soft protruding surface at the distal end configured to engage the outer surface of the eye when the nozzle portion is within the incisional wound;

a protrusion and hole arrangement associated with attachment member and the injection tube that is configured such that the attachment member has an engaged state where the attachment member is fixed to the injection tube at a first location and a disengaged state where the attachment member is movable with respect to the injection tube to a second location axially offset from the first location.

16. The intraocular lens injector according to claim 15 , wherein

wherein the attachment member includes a sleeve portion defining an axis and the protruding surface is oriented at an oblique angle with respect to the axis.

17. The intraocular lens injector according to claim 15 , wherein the attachment member protruding surface is formed from a soft resin.

18. The intraocular lens injector according to claim 15 , wherein the attachment member cannot be detached from the hollow body.

19. The intraocular lens injector according to claim 15 , wherein

the engaged state where the attachment member is fixed to the injection tube at the first location defines a first engaged state; and

the protrusion and hole arrangement is configured such that the attachment member is in a second engaged state at the second location.

20. The intraocular lens injector according to claim 15 , wherein the protrusion and hole arrangement comprises a plurality of protrusions and a plurality of holes.

21. The intraocular lens injector according to claim 15 , wherein

the distal end of the nozzle portion defines the distal end of the intraocular lens injector; and

the attachment member is located proximal of the distal end of the nozzle portion and protrudes outwardly from the nozzle portion when the attachment member is in the engaged state.

22. An intraocular lens injector for injecting an intraocular lens into an eye, comprising:

a hollow body having a main body and an insertion tube with a nozzle portion that is configured to be inserted into an incisional wound in the eye and that defines an outer circumferential surface and a distal end with a distal end opening;

a rod configured to push an intraocular lens through the nozzle portion;

a plunger configured to move the rod forward; and

an attachment member defining a distal end and having a protruding surface at the distal end;

wherein the respective configurations of the hollow body, the rod and the plunger are such that the hollow body, the rod and the plunger are capable of together functioning to drive the intraocular lens through the nozzle portion and into an eye in the absence of the attachment member;

wherein the attachment member and the hollow body are respectively configured such that the attachment member is movable from a first stage where the attachment member is fixed to the hollow body to at least a second stage, which is axially offset from the first stage, where the attachment member is fixed to the hollow body; and

wherein the protruding surface at the distal end of the attachment member is located rearward of the distal end of the nozzle portion and protrudes outwardly from the nozzle portion when the attachment member is in the first and second stages.

23. The intraocular lens injector according to claim 22 , wherein the attachment member and the hollow body are respectively configured such that the attachment member is movable from the second stage to a third stage, which is axially offset from the second stage, where the attachment member is fixed to the hollow body.

24. The intraocular lens injector according to claim 22 , wherein the attachment member includes first and second engagement holes and the hollow body includes a protrusion that is received in the first engagement hole when the attachment member is in the first stage and is received in the second engagement hole when the attachment member is in the second stage.

25. The intraocular lens injector according to claim 22 , wherein

the hollow body includes first and second protrusions;

the attachment member includes a fixing piece, a movable piece that includes a tip part, and a hole between the movable piece and the fixing piece;

the tip part of the movable piece is between the first and second protrusions when the attachment member is in the first stage; and

the first and second protrusions are between the tip part of the movable piece and the fixing piece when the attachment member is in the second stage.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 22, 2024
From: HOYA CORPORATION
To: HOYA MEDICAL SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 069753/0200 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 21, 2019
From: WATANABE, YOSHITAKA; ZHANG, XIAOXIAO
To: HOYA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048074/0479 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-127294 · Jun 28, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190192284A1 · Jun 27, 2019
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