(EN)
An injector (1) for folding and injecting into the eye of a patient a flexible
intraocular lens, the injector comprising
an assembly of an injection nozzle (202), a lens compartment that holds an
unfolded flexible intraocular lens (400) and is in
communication with the injection nozzle, an injector body (3) communicating
with the lens compartment and a plunger (2) that is
inserted in the free end of the injector body, wherein lens compartment and
injector body comprise a mechanism whereby the lens is
first folded by forces compressing the lens in a non-axial direction in
response to an axial movement of the plunger over a first
distance and is subsequently expelled from the injector through the injection
nozzle in response to an axial movement of the
plunger over a second distance.
