Treatment-Intraocular

Multifocal Implants *

The newest option for patients with presbyopia (progressively diminished ability to focus on near objects with age) is an implantable lens that provides quality vision throughout the entire visual spectrum – and increased independence from reading glasses or bifocals.

How does the AcrySof® ReSTOR® IOL work?

Your eyes are called upon to accommodate a variety of daily activities from reading, watching television, working at a computer, viewing objects from afar and performing task requiring very close work. The ability of your vision to change focus quickly diminishes with age causing you to depend on reading glasses and/or bifocals. The new multifocal lens combines the strengths of several lens technologies used originally to improve image quality in scientific instruments. It is now available in intraocular lenses that your ASC ophthalmic surgeon can implant. These lenses are designed to accommodate to your constantly changing focal needs and to restore your vision following cataract surgery.

The AcrySof® ReSTOR® IOL

This new lens is designed to provide quality near to distance vision by combining the strengths of apodozided diffractive and refractive technologies. Similar technology has been used for years in microscopes and telescopes to improve image quality, and has now been patented for use in intraocular lenses by Alcon.

Apodized Diffractive

Apodization is the gradual tapering of the diffractive steps from the center to the outside edge of a lens to create a smooth transition of light between the distance, intermediate and near focal points. Diffraction involves the bending or spreading of light to multiple focal points as it passes through the lens. On the AcrySof® ReSTOR® IOL, the center of the lens surface consists of an apodized diffractive optic. This means that the series of tiny steps in that center area work together to focus light for near through distance vision. 

The refractive region of the AcrySof® ReSTOR® IOL bends light as it passes through the lens to a focal point on the retina. This outer ring of the AcrySof® ReSTOR® IOL surrounds the apodized diffractive region and is dedicated to focusing light for distance vision.

AcrySof® ReSTOR® IOL can restore your vision following cataract surgery. Discuss your lifestyle
and visual needs with your eye doctor to determine which lens is right for you.

For more information, you may wish to visit www.alconlabs.com.

Monofocal Implants *

The crystalens® is a monofocal accommodating intraocular lens, engineered with a hinge designed to allow the optic, or part of the lens that you see through, to move back and forth as you constantly change focus on images around you.

The crystalens® is intended for the visual correction of aphakia secondary to the removal of a cataractous lens in adult patients with and without presbyopia.

The crystalens® is the first and only FDA approved accommodating intraocular lens, the only lens that uses the natural focusing ability of the eye, and the only lens that provides a single focal point throughout a continuous range of vision from far to near

For more information please visit eyeonics, inc. at www.crystalens.com.

* Be sure to talk to your doctor before making any decisions about vision improvement procedures, as this information is not intended to replace the advice of a healthcare professional.