INJECTOR FOR IMPLANTING A FOLDED INTRAOCULAR LENS, CONTAINER FOR STORING AND TRANSPORTING THE INJECTOR, AND METHOD FOR FOLDING THE LENS

摘要

An injector for implanting a folded intraocular lens with which a folded lens can be inserted into the capsula of the lens of the eye through an opening incision of about 3 mm in the eye. The injector consists of three parts, namely a one-piece body, a pivoting flap which is provided with a folding rib and by which the lens is held in an unfolded state in a first position above the transporting channel and is slid folded into the transporting channel by radial pressure, and a third component, the slider through which the folded lens can be slid forwards in the longitudinal direction and out of the injector into the eye.