Appeal No. 2003-0260 Page 2
Application No. 09/507,601
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to an intraocular lens (IOL) with a deformable
optic which enables the IOL to be passed through an incision into the eye (specification,
p. 1). A copy of the dependent claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the
appellants' brief. Claims 21 and 34, the independent claims under appeal, read as
follows:
21. An intraocular lens for implantation in an eye comprising:
a resilient, deformable silicone based optic having at least about 20
diopter power, said optic having a periphery and being configured so that the
optic can be resiliently deformed from a normal optical condition into a deformed
insertion condition to permit the intraocular lens to be passed through a scleral
tunnel incision of no longer than about 3.2 millimeters into the eye;
fixation means coupled to the optic for retaining the optic in the eye, the
fixation means including first and second generally C-shaped resilient fixation
members coupled to the optic at generally diametrically opposed locations; and
said optic when implanted in the eye being in a normal optical condition
and having sufficient rigidity to be substantially free of optical distortion resulting
from force from the eye acting on the intraocular lens and said optic when
implanted in the eye being of sufficient size to substantially prevent glare
resulting from interaction of light and the periphery of the optic.
34. An intraocular lens for implantation in an eye comprising:
a resilient, deformable silicone based optic having at least about 20
diopter power, said optic having a periphery and being configured so that the
optic can be resiliently deformed from a normal optical condition into a deformed
insertion condition to permit the intraocular lens to be passed through an incision
of no longer than about 3.2 millimeters into the eye;
fixation means coupled to the optic for retaining the optic in the eye, the
fixation means including elongated, resilient fixation members extending curvedly
radially from the optic; and
said optic when implanted in the eye being in a normal optical condition
and having sufficient rigidity to be substantially free of optical distortion resulting
from force from the eye acting on the intraocular lens and said optic when
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