APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANIPULATING AN OPHTHALMIC DEVICE

摘要

An apparatus for manipulating an ophthalmic device is provided that includes an injector, and a shuttle assembly having a shuttle bottom securable to a shuttle top, wherein the shuttle bottom includes a bottom lens cavity and the shuttle top includes a top lens cavity, an interior perimeter wall formed in the bottom lens cavity, wherein the interior perimeter wall includes a curved rear portion that is shaped to conform to a first support arm of the ophthalmic device, a haptic ramp configured to guide at least a portion of the second support arm upwards as the ophthalmic device is advanced through the folding chamber; an injector cavity situated in the injector; and a plunger assembly including a plunger rod having a plunger first end surface, wherein actuation of the plunger rod extends the plunger first end surface into the folding chamber to translate the ophthalmic device through the folding chamber and into the folded arrangement.