Packaging system for intraocular lens structures

Claim 1

An improved autoclavable system for packaging of an intraocular lens structure having a peripheral lens portion and an optical zone lens portion for implantation within a human eye, said system comprising, in combination: (a) an outer container having at least two optically clear windows arranged in substantially parallel relationship with one another; (b) means for sealing and for maintaining a sterile environment within said outer container; (c) means for receiving and for supporting said intraocular lens structure mounted within said outer container, said means integrating with said peripheral lens portion of said intraocular lens structure but maintaining said optical zone portion of said intraocular lens structure in a substantially complete visually unobstructed fashion aligned with said outer container windows thereby enabling the intraocular lens structure to be inspected from said outer container windows for prescribed optical parameters of said intraocular lens structure including type, size, configuration, optical finish and diopter power of said lens structure; and (d) a fluid medium within said outer container having appropriate optical transmission characteristics, wherein said system for packaging said intraocular lens structure affords measurement of said optical parameters of said lens structure in an environment substantially similar to the expected environment of said lens structure once implanted in the eye while maintaining a sterile environment for the lens structure within said system for packaging.