Lens delivery system
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 system for deploying an intraocular lens, comprising: an intraocular lens; a delivery device comprising a fluid therein and a lens receiving area, wherein the lens receiving area holds the intraocular lens in a deformed configuration; a plunger disposed at a proximal end of the delivery device; a tapered portion at a distal end of the delivery device; and a loading tube coupled to the tapered portion, wherein the plunger is designed to be actuated in a distal direction such that actuation of the plunger causes the fluid to flow in a distal direction to force the intraocular lens into the loading tube through the tapered portion.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the loading tube is detachable.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the loading tube is designed to compress the intraocular lens.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the lens receiving area is part of a lens chamber and the lens chamber is in fluid communication with a fluid delivery lumen of the delivery device.
5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the lens chamber is shaped to allow a leading haptic of the intraocular lens to extend distally away from an optic portion of the intraocular lens while a trailing haptic is not extending proximally from the optic portion.