NOVEL HYBRID INTRAOCULAR LENS MATERIALS FOR SMALL INCISION SURGERY

• Main Authors: LOWERY, MICHAEL D, HU, CAN B, MAKKER, HARISH C
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 23.11.2016
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONSONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

Intraocular lenses comprised of an acrylic-silicone hybrid polymer are disclosed. The intraocular lenses described herein are suitable for insertion through incisions of 2 mm or less.