Instrument for inserting an intraocular lens and method for preparing an intraocular lens for insertion

摘要

Abstract An inserting instrument for inserting an intraocular lens into an eye. The instrument comprising an inserting member elongate in a longitudinal direction and, at a distal end of the inserting member, a hook projecting transversally from said inserting 5 member. The distal end of the inserting member includes a wide portion having a width for engaging the lens in at least laterally spaced apart positions. The hook includes a first section projecting transversely to the longitudinal direction and to the width from an adjacent portion of the inserting member and a second section projecting distally from the first section. The second section of said hook structure includes at least a portion of 0 said wide portion for engaging a haptic of an intraocular lens distally from an optical portion of the lens.