Healio

IOL calculators provide similar results in patients with history of LASIK

Different IOL calculators provided similar results in patients with a history of LASIK surgery, according to a study ...
Healio

Diffractive-refractive multifocal IOL shows promise

The demands of modern living command good vision, not just for the young but for all, irrespective of the culture and host nation. The colossal rise in use of static video display terminals, laptops, ...
Medscape

Visual Outcomes After Bilateral Trifocal Diffractive Intraocular Lens Implantation

The FineVision trifocal diffractive IOL has three focal points for far, near and intermediate vision. This study examines the outcome of bilateral implantation of this IOL and provides far, ...
Business Wire

Alcon Launches AcrySof ReSTOR Apodized Diffractive IOL; Revolutionary Apodized Diffractive Technology Provides Highest Level of Freedom from Glasses

FORT WORTH, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 2005--Alcon, Inc., (NYSE:ACL) announced the launch of the AcrySof(R) ReSTOR(R) Intraocular Lens (IOL) at a press conference during the American Society of ...
Nature

Primary posterior continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis combined with diffractive multifocal intraocular lens implantation

To evaluate the effect of mild posterior capsule opacity (PCO) on visual acuity (VA) in eyes implanted with a diffractive multifocal intraocular lens (IOL) compared with a monofocal IOL, and the ...
Ophthalmology Times

FDA approvals in 2025: What changed and why it matters for ophthalmologists

FDA approvals in 2025 introduced novel therapies and devices across ophthalmic subspecialties, emphasizing sustained efficacy ...
Medscape

Advances in Cataract Surgery

Presbyopia remains one of the most challenging optical problems in cataract and refractive surgery. Different approaches to treat presbyopia have been studied in recent years. These include scleral ...
Business Wire

Alcon Announces Launch of AcrySof IQ Vivity, the First and Only Non-Diffractive Extended Depth of Focus Intraocular Lens in the U.S.

Latest addition to Alcon’s intraocular lens (IOL) portfolio expands surgeons’ presbyopia-correcting IOL (PC-IOL) offerings Vivity X-WAVE technology delivers extended range of vision while maintaining ...
Nasdaq

Alcon Announces European Launch of Vivity, the Only Presbyopia-correcting Intraocular Lens With X-WAVE Technology

GENEVA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Regulatory News: Alcon (SIX/NYSE:ALC), the global leader in eye care announced AcrySof® IQ Vivity®, a first-of-its-kind intraocular lens (IOL) is now commercially available ...
Becker's ASC

List of Medicare-Recognized P-C IOLs or A-C IOLs

Here is the current list (as of Feb. 9, 2011) of posterior chamber (P-C) and anterior chamber (A-C) intraocular lenses recognized by CMS. – Crystalens, manufactured by Eyeonics (now Bausch & Lomb). – ...
Nasdaq

Alcon Announces Launch of AcrySof IQ Vivity, the First and Only Non-Diffractive Extended Depth of Focus Intraocular Lens in the U.S.

GENEVA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Alcon (SIX/NYSE: ALC), the global leader in eye care dedicated to helping people see brilliantly, has commercially launched the first and only non-diffractive extended depth ...