A device for injecting a flexible intraocular lens, comprising a tubular body (1) that has a casing (2), a plunger (3), a barrel (7) having a cross-section that decreases in the opposite direction to the tubular body, and a housing (8) in the axial cavity of the tubular body intended to receive a storage shuttle (9) containing a flexible intraocular lens (10), the casing (2) of the tubular body having a side opening, so as to allow the insertion of the storage shuttle (9) and, next to said side opening, the above-mentioned casing (2) carrying a first outwardly-protruding rotary attachment means (11) capable of engaging with a second rotary attachment means (12) provided on the storage shuttle (9), such that, when the two above-mentioned rotary attachment means are engaged, the storage shuttle is able to rotate about an axis of rotation parallel to said axial direction (4) of the axial cavity of the tubular body.
