GB2107590A - Artificial eye lens - Google Patents

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GB2107590A
GB2107590A GB08130086A GB8130086A GB2107590A GB 2107590 A GB2107590 A GB 2107590A GB 08130086 A GB08130086 A GB 08130086A GB 8130086 A GB8130086 A GB 8130086A GB 2107590 A GB2107590 A GB 2107590A
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Mikhail Mikhailovich Krasnov
Nikolai Nikolaevich Pivovarov
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61FFILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/02Prostheses implantable into the body
    • A61F2/14Eye parts, e.g. lenses or corneal implants; Artificial eyes
    • A61F2/16Intraocular lenses
    • A61F2/1602Corrective lenses for use in addition to the natural lenses of the eyes or for pseudo-phakic eyes
    • A61F2/161Posterior chamber lenses for use in addition to the natural lenses of the eyes
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61FFILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/02Prostheses implantable into the body
    • A61F2/14Eye parts, e.g. lenses or corneal implants; Artificial eyes
    • A61F2/16Intraocular lenses
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61FFILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/02Prostheses implantable into the body
    • A61F2/14Eye parts, e.g. lenses or corneal implants; Artificial eyes
    • A61F2/16Intraocular lenses
    • A61F2002/1681Intraocular lenses having supporting structure for lens, e.g. haptics
    • A61F2002/1682Intraocular lenses having supporting structure for lens, e.g. haptics having mechanical force transfer mechanism to the lens, e.g. for accommodating lenses
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61FFILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/02Prostheses implantable into the body
    • A61F2/14Eye parts, e.g. lenses or corneal implants; Artificial eyes
    • A61F2/16Intraocular lenses
    • A61F2002/1681Intraocular lenses having supporting structure for lens, e.g. haptics
    • A61F2002/1683Intraocular lenses having supporting structure for lens, e.g. haptics having filiform haptics

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Abstract

According to the present invention the artificial eye lens comprises a supporting element made up of two components. The first of these is made as an arc-shaped loop 3 fixed with its ends in the lateral surface of the lens 2 and situated around at least half the length of the lens circumference, being spaced apart from the lens surface a distance equal to the thickness of the iris. The second component of the supporting element is essentially a U-shaped leg 4 which is likewise fixed with its ends in the lens lateral surface and is arranged opposite to the middle portion of the loop 3. The leg 4 is so bent towards the loop as to contact the latter prior to implanting the lens in the posterior eye chamber. (Fig. 3). <IMAGE>

Description

SPECIFICATION Artificial eye lens The present invention relates generally to medical engineering and more specifically to ophthalmology, having particular reference to an artificial eye lens applied in treatment of aphakia.
In an artificial eye lens adapted for being implanted in the posterior chamber of a patient's eye and comprising an optical lens and a supporting element made of an elastic material and held to the lateral surface of said lens, according to the present invention, the supporting element is made up of two components of which one is shaped as an arc-like loop made fast with its ends in the lens lateral surface and arranged around and in front of the lens anterior surface outside the field of view thereof over a length equal to at least half the length of the lens circumference at a distance corresponding to the thickness of the iris, while the other component is formed as a U-shaped leg arranged opposite the middle portion of the arc-shaped loop and fixed in the lens lateral surface. The components are inclined to contact each other prior to implanting the lens in the posterior chamber.
The artificial eye lens proposed herein is advantageous in that it makes it possible to simplify implantation operative techniques as compared to those with known artificial eye lenses having two diametrically opposite legs.
The provision of a single supporting element built up of two components simplifies the bringing of the lens into the posterior chamber which is a rather complicated task from a technical standpoint with previously known artificial lenses in the case of a shallow anterior eye chamber. Moreover, the artificial eye lens now proposed eliminates the possibility of stitching up the supporting element thereof to the iris. The present invention increases reliability in fixing the artificial eye lens due to the fact that the arc-shaped leg has a large bearing area on the front portion of the iris, whereby the stability of the lens position during lateral displacement of the eye becomes higher.The bent-out leg prevents the lens from being displaced into the anterior eye chamber in the case of pupil dilation and excludes subsequent jamming of the iris in the case of pupil contraction and, in addition, provides for an additional point of lens fixation.
According to one of the embodiments of the present invention the loop is arranged lengthwise in relation to the lens outside surface, while the leg is bent out towards the loop at 15 to 20 with respect to the lens frontal surface.
The present invention will now be illustrated by a detailed description of a specific embodiment thereof which is not intended to limit this invention in any way, to be read with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein: Figure 1 is a front view of the artificial eye lens, according to the invention; Figure 2 is a side view of the artificial eye lens, according to the present invetion; Figure 3 is a sectional view of the artificial eye lens, according to the present invention, when implanted in the posterior eye chamber, and Figure 4 is a front view of Fig. 2.
The artificial eye lens 1 is made up of a lens proper 2, a loop-shaped component 3 and a U-shaped leg 4. These latter constitute together a supporting element which enables the artificial lens to be secured in the posterior chamber of a patient's eye without being stitched up to the surrounding tissues as will hereinafter be described in detail.
The optical lens 2 of the proposed artificial eye lens is of a conventional type and made from an appropriate material compatible with the eye tissues, e.g. from polymethylmetha crylate. Usually the 2 is 5 to 6 mm in diameter.
The loop-shaped component 3 is made of a fine wire or filament of for example a Pt-Ir alloy or polypropylene or from any other ma terial compatible with the eye tissue. Ends 5 and 6 of the loop-shaped component 3 are embedded in the lateral surface of the lens 2.
The loop 3 itself, as can be seen from Fig. 1 is passed over a length approximately 4/5 that of the circumference of the lens 2 and outside the field of view thereof; to achieve this the loop 3 somewhat exceeds the lens 2 in the diameter. In this particular case the diameter of the lens 2 is within 5 and 6 mm, whereas that of the loop of the loop-shaped component 3 is within 8.5 and 9 mm. The loop-shaped component 3 is arranged length wise or parallel to the lens frontal surface, as visible in Fig. 2 and is spaced from the lens distance to the thickness of the iris.
Situated opposite the middle portion of the loop-shaped component or loop 3 is a U shaped leg 4 with its ends 7 and 8 made fast in the lateral surface of the lens 2. The leg 4 is bent towards the loop 3 so as to make up an angle of from 15 to 20 with the frontal surface of the artificial eye lens being im planted. In general case said leg is so bent as to be in contact with the loop 3 before implanting.
The afore-described aritificial lens is im planted in the patient's eye as follows.
The anterior eye chamber must be split open through a keratotomy or keratosclero tomy (Fig. 4). Cataract extraction is done with the help of a cryoextractor or by resorting to the tracapsular method. When this has been done the loop 3 must be caught by suture forceps, and the lens 2 together with the leg 4 4is brought into the posterior eye chamber via a basal iridotomy 3, 5 to 4mm spaced 3 mm apart from the pupil margin along the twelve o'clock meridian.
A suture 9, of nylon or supramide (propietary name) thread, is applied to the iridotomy at its centre. It should be noted however that experience has shown such a suture can be dispensed with.
Proper centring of the lens is attained largely due to selecting the place of the iridotomy which can be made in the upper portion of the iris from the limbus to the pupil margin. Preparatory to making the iridotomy one must apply the aritificial lens (or a spatula graduated in millimetres) to the iris and make an incisure of the iris at a required place with the optical axis of the lens arranged at the centre of the pupil.
Given below are two case histories to illustrate the practical application of the proposed artificial eye lens.
1. Patient 1 Diagnosis: mature cataract of the left eye, immature cataract of the right eye.
Intracapsular cryoextracion of the cataract was carried out under local anesthesia with a 2-percent novacain solution. A keratosclerotomy was made, whereupon the cataract was extracted through the pupil. Next a basal iridotomy 3.5 mm long was made 3 mm apart from the margin of the pupil along the twelve o'clock meridian, and an artificial lens was brought through the thus-made basal iridotomy. The lens was held by a suture forceps and introduced tangentially to the anterior boundary membrane of the vitreous body, while the bottom supporting loop and the optical lens were situated under the iris in the posterior eye chamber and the loop rested upon the peripheral portion of the iris around the pupil. A loop suture was placed on the basal iridotomy using supramide 10-0.
The keratoscleral wound was stitched up by a continuous suture of supramide 10-0, whereupon sterile air was admitted to pass into the anterior eye chamber.
A solution of penicillin was administered under the conjunctiva. The patient was permitted to walk two hours after the operation.
Postoperative progress was uneventful. Application of strong mydriatics (viz. a 0.2-percent scopolamine solution) made it possible to dismiss the patient on the 7th day after surgery as in the case of a conventional cataract extraction. The acuity of vision was 0.7 to 0.8.
A repeated examination of the patient half a year after the operation demonstrated a stable position of the artificial lens implanted and retention of acute eyesight in the patient.
2. Patient II. Diagnosis: mature age-dependent cataract of the left eye.
Intracapsular cryoextraction of the cateract was carried out after conventional preoperative procedure and under anesthesia common to a cataract extraction surgery.
A keratosclerotomy was made for the pur pose and the cataract was extracted through the pupil.
There was observed pronounced promi nence of the vitreous body through the pupil which practically ruled out implantation of a commonly adopted iris-clip lens without con siderable loss of the citreous body. Insertion of the herein-disclosed artificial eye lens through a peripheral basal iridotomy 3.5 mm long made it possible to avoid vitreoptosis as the lens and the bottom supporting loop slided down the anterior boundary membrane of the#vitreous body.
In addition, the lens implanting procedure did not involve any considerable opening of the incision which is the case with implanting intrapupillary lenses. The keratotomy wound was stitiched up by a continuous suture using supramide thread.
Strong mydriatics were administered within the postoperative period, viz. a solution of scopolamine, which made it possible to avoid b postoperative iridocyclitis.
The acuity of eyesight at the patient's dis missal was 0.8 to 0.9.
An examination of the patient after a year showed the lens in a correct position without dislocation of the supporting elements. Acuity of vision was completely retained.
Practical application of the present inven tion considerably simplifies the operative pro cedure, renders it less traumatic and provides for reliable fastening of an artificial eye lens in the posterior eye chamber.
There has been disclosed above an opti mum embodiment of the artificial eye lens, but some modifications may be introduced without departing from the scope of the pre sent invention. Thus, it is permissible that the arc-shaped loop 3 could pass over a length shorter than 4/5 that of the lens circumfer ence but at least half the length thereof.

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1. An artificial eye lens adapted for being implanted in the posterior chamber of a pa tient's eye, comprising an optical lens and a supporting element made of an elastic ma terial, said supporting element being made up of a first component essentially comprising an arc-shaped loop fixed with its ends in the lens lateral surface and situated around and in front of the lens surface over a length equal to at least half the length of the lens circumfer ence at a distance from the lens surface corresponding to the thickness of the iris, and a second component formed as a U-shaped leg arranged opposite the middle portion of said arc-shaped loop and fixed with its ends in the lens lateral surface; the abovesaid compo nents being so inclined as to contact each other prior to implanting the lens in the post prior chamber.
2. An artificial eye lens as claimed in Claim 1, wherein the U-shaped leg makes up an angle of from 15 to 20 with the lens frontal surface, and the arc-shaped loop is arranged parallel to the lens face surface.
3. An artificial eye lens substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to, and as illustrated in the accmpanying drawings.
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