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Granted Patent B2
US 12,257,145 · App. 17/055,186 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Intraocular lens injector with container

Inventor: Kazunori Kudo (Saku, JP)
Assignee: Hoya Medical Singapore Pte. Ltd.
A61F2/167A61F2/1678
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Patent No.
US 12,257,145
App. No.
17/055,186
Granted
Mar 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided an intraocular ring injector which allows an operator to stably and normally house the intraocular ring in the intraocular ring injector, which is an intraocular ring injector 20 with a container configured so that an intraocular ring injector 10 is housed in a container 4 , for injecting an intraocular ring C into an eye for retaining a shape of a lens capsule, the intraocular ring injector comprising: a hollow body 1 having a hollow part in which the intraocular ring C is housed; a plunger 2 that moves through an inside of the hollow body 1 in an axial direction of the hollow body 1 ; and a pushing member 3 that pushes out the intraocular ring C by moving together with the plunger 2 through the inside of the hollow body 1 and toward front part of the hollow body 1 in the axial direction, wherein the container 4 has a moving mechanism of moving the hollow body 1 and the plunger 2 relatively in the axial direction, while housing the intraocular ring injector 10 in the container 4.

Claims (65)

1. An intraocular ring injector system for use with an intraocular ring, comprising:

an intraocular ring injector including

a hollow body having a nozzle and an inside defining an axial direction and a hollow part configured to house the intraocular ring,

a plunger that moves through the inside of the hollow body in the axial direction,

a pushing member, operably connected to the plunger, that moves with the plunger to push the intraocular ring in the axial direction and through the nozzle;

a container configured to house the intraocular ring injector in such a manner that the nozzle is located within the container; and

a movement control mechanism, associated with the container, configured to allow at least one of the hollow body and the plunger to move in the axial direction relative to the other of the hollow body and the plunger, and to prevent movement of the hollow body and the plunger in directions other than the axial direction, while housing the intraocular ring injector in the container;

wherein the intraocular ring injector and the container are respectively configured such that the entire intraocular ring injector can be removed from the container.

2. The intraocular ring injector system according to claim 1 , wherein

the movement control mechanism cancels restriction of the movement of the intraocular ring injector when the hollow body and the plunger are moved relative to one another by a distance sufficient to house an intraocular ring in the hollow body, and

the pushing member includes an axial end that is configured to engage an intraocular ring.

3. The intraocular ring injector system according to claim 1 , wherein the movement control mechanism comprises:

a plunger movement restricting portion that restricts movement of the plunger in the axial direction while the intraocular ring injector is housed in the container; and

a hollow body movement restricting portion that restricts movement of the hollow body in a direction other than the axial direction, and permits movement of the hollow body in the axial direction, while the intraocular ring injector is housed in the container.

4. The intraocular ring injector system according to claim 3 , wherein the hollow body movement restricting portion cancels the restriction of the movement of the hollow body when the hollow body moves forward by a distance sufficient to house an intraocular ring in the hollow body.

5. The intraocular ring injector system according to claim 3 , wherein the hollow body movement restricting portion comprises a plurality of hollow body movement restricting portions.

6. The intraocular ring injector system according to claim 3 , wherein

the hollow body defines an outer surface, and

the hollow body movement restricting portion is configured to engage the outer circumference of the hollow body in the axial direction.

7. The intraocular ring injector system according to claim 3 , wherein the hollow body movement restricting portion includes a return restricting portion that restricts the hollow body from moving rearward in the axial direction.

8. The intraocular ring injector system according to claim 3 , wherein

the plunger includes a rear end, and

the plunger movement restricting portion comprises a groove that engages the rear end of the plunger in the axial direction.

9. The intraocular ring injector system according to claim 1 , wherein

the nozzle has an opening for releasing an intraocular ring, and

the nozzle has a shape with a long end and a short end, and a short end side of the nozzle opening is cut out in a side view which is in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the hollow body, or

the nozzle has a shape with two ends that are the same.

10. The intraocular ring injector system according to claim 1 , wherein

the nozzle has an opening for releasing an intraocular ring, and

the pushing member has an overhanging portion for preventing backflow of an aqueous humor from the nozzle opening.

11. The intraocular ring injector system according to claim 1 , wherein

the pushing member includes a front portion with a protrusion that displaces the plunger from the axial direction.

12. The intraocular ring injector system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an intraocular ring.

13. An intraocular ring injector system for use with an intraocular ring, comprising:

an intraocular ring injector including

a hollow body having a nozzle and an inside defining an axial direction and a hollow part configured to house the intraocular ring,

a plunger that moves through the inside of the hollow body in the axial direction,

a pushing member, operably connected to the plunger, that moves with the plunger to push the intraocular ring in the axial direction toward the nozzle;

a container configured to house the intraocular ring injector; and

a movement control, associated with the container, configured to allow at least one of the hollow body and the plunger to move in the axial direction relative to the other of the hollow body and the plunger, and to prevent movement of the hollow body and the plunger in directions other than the axial direction, while housing the intraocular ring injector in the container, wherein

the movement control mechanism cancels restriction of the movement of the intraocular ring injector when the hollow body and the plunger are moved relative to one another by 20 to 50 mm, and

the pushing member includes an axial end that is configured to engage an intraocular ring.

14. An intraocular ring system, comprising:

a container;

an intraocular ring injector housed in the container and including

a hollow body defining an axial direction and a tip end,

a nozzle at the tip end of the hollow body and located within the container,

a plunger that moves through the hollow body in the axial direction,

a pushing member, including a distal end configured to engage an intraocular ring, operably connected to and movable with the plunger in the axial direction and through the nozzle;

a movement control mechanism, associated with the container, configured to allow at least one of the hollow body and the plunger to move in the axial direction relative to the other of the hollow body and the plunger while the intraocular ring injector is housed in the container; and

an intraocular ring, configured to retain a lens capsule shape, located within the container and engaged with the distal end of the pushing member.

15. The intraocular ring system according to claim 14 , wherein

the intraocular ring injector is further configured to prevent movement of the hollow body and the plunger in directions other than the axial direction while the intraocular ring injector is housed in the container.

16. The intraocular ring system according to claim 14 , wherein

the movement control mechanism comprises

a plunger movement restricting portion that restricts movement of the plunger in the axial direction while the intraocular ring injector is housed in the container; and

a hollow body movement restricting portion that restricts movement of the hollow body in a direction other than the axial direction, and permits movement of the hollow body in the axial direction, while the intraocular ring injector is housed in the container.

17. The intraocular ring system according to claim 14 , wherein

the movement control mechanism is configured to cancel restriction of the movement of the intraocular ring injector after the hollow body and the plunger have been moved relative to one another by a distance sufficient to pull the intraocular ring into the nozzle.

18. The intraocular ring system according to claim 14 , wherein

the intraocular ring comprises an arc-shaped wire.

19. The intraocular ring system according to claim 18 , wherein

the pushing member includes a protrusion; and

the intraocular ring includes an eyelet configured to receive the protrusion.

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 Nov 18, 2020
From: KUDO, KAZUNORI
To: HOYA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054400/0885 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-094807 · May 16, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210145570A1 · May 20, 2021
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