Intraocular lenses for managing glare, adhesion, and cell migration

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9603702-B2
Application number	US-201314065137-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 28, 2013
Priority date	Sep 21, 2006
Publication date	Mar 28, 2017
Grant date	Mar 28, 2017

Abstract

An intraocular lens for providing vision to a subject contains an optic, a support structure coupled to the optic. The intraocular lens also includes a textured surface and/or subsurface layer. The optic is disposed about an optical axis and comprises an anterior surface and an opposing posterior surface, the surfaces being configured to focus light when implanted within an eye having a capsular bag. The textured surface is disposed over a surface portion of the intraocular lens. The subsurface layer is configured to scatter an amount of light that is at least twice the amount of light scattered by portions of the material adjacent the subsurface layer or at least twice the amount of light scattered by another intraocular lens that does not have the subsurface layer, but which is otherwise substantially equivalent.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An intraocular lens, comprising:
an optic disposed about an optical axis comprising an anterior surface and an opposing posterior surface, the surfaces configured to focus light when implanted within a capsular bag of an eye;
a support structure coupled to the optic; and
a textured surface disposed over a surface portion of the intraocular lens, the textured surface comprising a plurality of repetitive, periodically-spaced protrusions disposed over a base surface, each protrusion having a smooth distal face and a sharp corner edge having a radius of less than about 100 nanometers;
wherein the smooth distal faces have a roughness less than about 200 nanometers, and the base surface has a roughness that is greater than the roughness of the smooth distal faces.

2. The intraocular lens of claim 1 , wherein the smooth distal faces have an arithmetical average roughness that is less than about 50 nanometers.

3. The intraocular lens of claim 1 , wherein the protrusions extend from the surface portion by an amount that is about 0.5 micrometers.

4. The intraocular lens of claim 1 , wherein the support structure comprises a haptic, the textured surface disposed upon at least a portion of the haptic.

5. The intraocular lens of claim 4 , wherein the textured surface is disposed at least upon a posterior surface of the haptic, the posterior surface configured to engage a posterior capsule of the capsular bag.

6. The intraocular lens of claim 1 , further comprising a periphery disposed about the optical axis, the textured surface disposed at least within a portion of the periphery.

7. The intraocular lens of claim 1 , wherein the support structure comprises a flexible positioning member coupled to the optic, the flexible positioning member having an outer surface configured to engage the capsular bag, the textured surface disposed over at least a portion of the outer surface.

8. The intraocular lens of claim 1 , wherein the support structure comprises a flexible bag having an outer surface, the flexible bag being filled with a resilient fill material and configured to deform in response to an force.

9. The intraocular lens of claim 1 , wherein the textured surface further comprises a plurality of pillars.

10. The intraocular lens of claim 9 , wherein the smooth distal face is circular.

11. The intraocular lens of claim 1 , wherein the each protrusion further comprises a side wall, the sharp corner edge being formed along an intersection of the side wall and the smooth distal face.

12. The intraocular lens of claim 11 , wherein the side wall and the smooth distal face form an angle that is between about 60 degrees and about 120 degrees.

13. The intraocular lens of claim 1 , wherein the smooth distal faces each have a face width and are disposed with a center-to-center spacing between adjacent smooth distal faces, the face width being between about 1 micrometer and about 4 micrometers and the center-to-center spacing being between about 2 micrometers and about 8 micrometers.

14. The intraocular lens of claim 13 , wherein the center-to-center spacing is about twice the face width.

15. The intraocular lens of claim 13 , wherein the ratio of the face width to the center-to-center spacing is between about 0.4 and 0.7.

16. The intraocular lens of claim 1 , wherein the textured surface is configured to adhere to a wall of the capsular bag.

17. The intraocular lens of claim 1 , wherein the textured surface is configured to cause optical interference of an impinging wavefront.

18. The intraocular lens of claim 1 , wherein the protrusions are smooth ridges and the smooth ridges are separated by channels.

19. The intraocular lens of claim 18 , wherein the channels have a depth that is less than 0.5 micrometers and a center-to-center spacing between adjacent ridges is between about 2 micrometers and about 8 micrometers.

20. The intraocular lens of claim 18 , wherein the channels have a depth that is less than 0.5 micrometers.

21. The intraocular lens of claim 19 , wherein the smooth ridges have a ridge width and the ratio of the ridge width to the center-to-center spacing is between about 0.4 and 0.7.

22. The intraocular lens of claim 18 , wherein the extent of the plurality of channels in a direction normal to a length of the channels is between about 100 micrometers and about 1 millimeter.

23. The intraocular lens of claim 18 , wherein the protrusions and the channels are concentrically disposed about the optical axis.

24. The intraocular lens of claim 1 , wherein the textured surface is configured to form a mono-layer of cells adjacent the textured surface when the intraocular lens is placed in the eye.

25. The intraocular lens of claim 1 , further comprising a periphery disposed about the optical axis comprising a single material and including a top surface, a bottom surface, and a subsurface layer disposed therebetween, the subsurface layer configured to scatter an amount of light that is at least twice the amount of light scattered by portions of the material adjacent the subsurface layer or at least twice the amount of light scattered by another intraocular lens that does not have the subsurface layer, but which is otherwise substantially equivalent.

26. An intraocular lens, comprising:
an optic disposed about an optical axis comprising an anterior surface and an opposing posterior surface, the surfaces configured to focus light when implanted within a capsular bag of an eye;
a support structure coupled to the optic; and
a textured surface disposed over a surface portion of the intraocular lens, the textured surface comprising a plurality of repetitive, periodically-spaced protrusions, each protrusion having a smooth distal face having a roughness less than about 200 nanometers, wherein the smooth distal faces each have a face width and are disposed with a center-to-center spacing between adjacent smooth distal faces, and wherein each protrusion also includes a sharp corner edge having a radius of less than about 100 nanometers;
wherein the ratio of the face width to the center-to-center spacing is between about 0.4 and 0.7.

27. An intraocular lens, comprising:
an optic disposed about an optical axis comprising an anterior surface and an opposing posterior surface, the surfaces configured to focus light when implanted within a capsular bag of an eye;
a support structure coupled to the optic; and
a textured surface disposed over a surface portion of the intraocular lens, the textured surface comprising a plurality of repetitive, periodically-spaced protrusions, each protrusion having a smooth distal face having a roughness less than about 200 nanometers, and wherein each protrusion also includes a sharp corner edge having a radius of less than about 100 nanometers;
wherein the protrusions are smooth ridges and the smooth ridges are separated by channels, wherein the channels have a depth that is less than or equal to about 0.5 micrometers.

Assignees

• Abbott Medical Optics Inc

Inventors

• Zickler Leander
• Jain Rakhi
• Deacon Jim

Classifications

• H04W52/367

  Power values between minimum and maximum limits, e.g. dynamic range · CPC title

• A61F2002/1681

  having supporting structure for lens, e.g. haptics · CPC title

• H04W52/146

  Uplink power control · CPC title

• A61F2002/009

  for hindering or preventing attachment of biological tissue · CPC title

• A61F2/1613 Primary

  having special lens configurations, e.g. multipart lenses; having particular optical properties, e.g. pseudo-accommodative lenses, lenses having aberration corrections, diffractive lenses, lenses for variably absorbing electromagnetic radiation, lenses having variable focus · CPC title