Will diffractive optics continue to be the mainstay for presbyopia correction?

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Twelve years ago at the AECOS meeting, a program chair asked the audience if in 10 years we would be able to achieve near vision for our cataract patients with lenses through accommodative technology or with diffractive technology.
Almost everyone raised their hand for accommodative lenses. Yet here we are today, more than 10 years later, and the dominant method to achieve presbyopia correction for our patients is still diffractive in nature. One of the reasons for (Read more...)