Loading device for loading a lens folding cartridge with an intraocular lens, lens folding cartridge and set for implantation

摘要

The loading device to load a lens folding cartridge with an intraocular lens comprises a support with a seat to receive the still empty lens folding cartridge. To guide and hold the lens folding cartridge a cylindrical opening is provided which encloses the back portion of the injecting nozzle. In addition a groove is provided holding the wing. Through the cylindrical opening a hook extends outward. If the lens folding cartridge is inserted into the device the hook extends through the injector nozzle into the front part of the half shell. Now the lens is put on the lens folding cartridge in such a way that the leading haptic can be caught by the hook and that the trailing haptic rests in the notch. The operating surgeon finds the device together with the lens folding cartridge and the lens in this condition and packed in a sterile packing. For use he takes the device from the packing and rotates the wing until it engages in the snap device. The lens is now folded. When the lens folding cartridge is pulled from the device the leading haptic is moved by the hook into the injector nozzle.