A number of years ago, David Chang, MD, asked me to write a chapter for a book he was editing on the future of ophthalmology, including cataract and IOL surgery. In that chapter, I predicted the next disruptive technology in IOLs would be an adjustable accommodating IOL. We are now seeing a confluence of technology advances that make this seem a likely commercial product in the next few years.
The accommodating IOL will be a shape-changing lens, just like the human lens, and will be driven by natural accommodation using (Read more...)
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