The effort to address presbyopia has been called the next challenge of refractive surgery. “The restoration of reading vision for patients with presbyopia is shaping up to be one of the most important ...

Multifocal lenses use multiple refractive zones built in rings to give patients distance and near vision. These lenses are designed to address the problem of presbyopia, in which people over the age ...

Dec. 12, 2003 — Editor's Note: On Nov. 14, Eyeonics, Inc., received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to market the first accommodating intraocular lens (Crystalens) that allows ...

LOS ANGELES — The accommodative Crystalens intraocular lens (IOL) (Bausch + Lomb) achieved better intermediate visual acuity but not as good near visual acuity compared with the ReStor +3 multifocal ...

The evidence on the implantation of multifocal (non-accommodative) intraocular lenses (IOLs) during cataract surgery raises no major safety concerns. Current evidence on the procedure's efficacy shows ...

We continue with part 2 of our consideration of the approaches to pseudophakic correction of presbyopia. In the last column, I mentioned that, for me, the surgical correction of presbyopia has ...

As we age, our eyesight can change, including our ability to see things clearly both up close and at a distance. For many of us, this is when the idea of having multiple prescriptions and spectacles ...

Here are 17 facts and business and legal issues about premium intraocular lenses, a recent technology that can free many cataract surgery patients from having to wear eyeglasses. 1. In one of the few ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Intraocular Lens (IOL) Market Analysis By Product (Monofocal, Multifocal, Toric, and Accommodative), By End User, By Region, And Segment Forecasts, 2014 - 2025" report ...

Evidence-based recommendations on the implantation of multifocal (non-accommodative) intraocular lenses during cataract surgery. This involves replacing the clouded lens with an artificial one with ...