What is a crystal lens implant?
The Crystalens is a small lens enabling it to flex or bend as you focus your vision. Crystalens is: The first and only FDA-approved accommodating intraocular lens. The only lens that uses the natural focusing ability of the eye.
How does the Crystalens implant work on the eye?
The crystalens® implant works in much the same way as your natural lens. With natural, healthy vision, your eye focuses on images near and far by coordinating the curvatures of its outer membrane and inner lens.
Can a Crystalens lens be used after cataract surgery?
Cataract extraction is the removal of the clouded crystalline lens. After cataract surgery, vision may be improved with glasses, contact lenses, or an intraocular lens such as crystalens® that is implanted behind the iris where the crystalline lens used to be.
How are IOL implants used in cataract surgery?
An intraocular lens (or IOL) is a tiny, artificial lens for the eye. It replaces the eye’s natural lens that is removed during cataract surgery. The lens bends (refracts) light rays that enter the eye, helping you to see. Your lens should be clear.
How often is Crystalens AO lens implanted in the US?
Crystalens AO is implanted during one of the most commonly performed surgeries in the world. Over 3 million cataract surgeries are performed in the US every year. The first FDA-approved accommodating intraocular lens – meaning that it uses the natural focusing ability of the eye Crystalens AO was inspired by the eye’s natural crystalline lens.
The crystalens® implant works in much the same way as your natural lens. With natural, healthy vision, your eye focuses on images near and far by coordinating the curvatures of its outer membrane and inner lens.
Cataract extraction is the removal of the clouded crystalline lens. After cataract surgery, vision may be improved with glasses, contact lenses, or an intraocular lens such as crystalens® that is implanted behind the iris where the crystalline lens used to be.
An intraocular lens (or IOL) is a tiny, artificial lens for the eye. It replaces the eye’s natural lens that is removed during cataract surgery. The lens bends (refracts) light rays that enter the eye, helping you to see. Your lens should be clear.
Crystalens AO is implanted during one of the most commonly performed surgeries in the world. Over 3 million cataract surgeries are performed in the US every year. The first FDA-approved accommodating intraocular lens – meaning that it uses the natural focusing ability of the eye Crystalens AO was inspired by the eye’s natural crystalline lens.