INTRAOCULAR LENS INJECTOR

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

a hollow body;

a lens setting portion provided inside the hollow body;

a slider for advancing the intraocular lens set on the lens setting portion; and

a rod for further advancing the intraocular lens that has been advanced using the slider,

wherein, when a side in the optical axis direction (Z-direction) of the intraocular lens that comes into contact with the lens setting portion when the intraocular lens is set on the lens setting portion is defined as a bottom side (direction Z 2 ), a side opposite to the bottom side is defined as a top side (direction Z 1 ), a side toward which the intraocular lens is advanced is defined as a front side (direction X 1 ), a side opposite to the front side is defined as a rear side (direction X 2 ), and a direction orthogonal to the Z-direction and X-direction is defined as a width direction (Y-direction),

a space into which a part of a rear side of the intraocular lens is capable of moving downward is provided at a position α on an inner-circumference lower portion of the hollow body, a front limit of a range of motion of a portion of the slider that abuts against an outer circumference of an optical portion of the intraocular lens being encompassed above the position α.

2 . The intraocular lens injector according to claim 1 ,

wherein the hollow body includes:

an injector main body: and

an injection tube that is connected to a front end portion of the injector main body, and

the position α is located somewhere within a range between an inner-circumference lower portion of the injector main body and an inner-circumference lower portion of the injection tube.

3 . The intraocular lens injector according to claim 2 ,

wherein the space is provided at an inner-circumference lower portion of a connection portion of the injection tube connected to the injector main body.

4 . The intraocular lens injector according to claim 1 ,

wherein the space is formed by cutting the position α, and

as viewed from a front side, a position in a width direction of the portion of the slider that abuts against the outer circumference of the optical portion of the intraocular lens is encompassed in a position in the width direction of the space.

5 . The intraocular lens injector according to claim 1 ,

wherein the space has a chamfered shape.

6 . The intraocular lens injector according to claim 1 ,

wherein the intraocular lens is set on the lens setting portion beforehand.

7 . The intraocular lens injector according to claim 2 ,

wherein the space is formed by cutting the position α, and

as viewed from a front side, a position in a width direction of the portion of the slider that abuts against the outer circumference of the optical portion of the intraocular lens is encompassed in a position in the width direction of the space.

8 . The intraocular lens injector according to claim 3 ,

wherein the space is formed by cutting the position α, and

as viewed from a front side, a position in a width direction of the portion of the slider that abuts against the outer circumference of the optical portion of the intraocular lens is encompassed in a position in the width direction of the space.

9 . The intraocular lens injector according to claim 2 ,

wherein the space has a chamfered shape.

10 . The intraocular lens injector according to claim 3 ,

wherein the space has a chamfered shape.

11 . The intraocular lens injector according to claim 4 ,

wherein the space has a chamfered shape.