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Accommodative Lens
| All people from 50 years upwards note a change in their sight which may cause blurs, distortions and difficulty in reading. This change is due to age, but may also be a sign of the opacification formations of the natural crystalline lens. |
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| The first structures responsible for the focusing images in the eye are the ciliary muscles and the crystalline lens. The focusing process is called “accommodation". In looking at various distant objects, the crystalline lens automatically changes its form within the eye. |
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| Aging reduces the capacity to accommodate and therefore the use of eyeglasses is necessary. When the aging of the natural crystalline lens also determines the loss of transparency (cataract), this must be replaced with an artificial crystalline lens. |
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| Thanks to technological progress in the field of artificial lenses, today, aging or opacification of the natural lens is a problem that can be solved by replacing the natural lens with an artificial one. During cataract surgery the opacified crystalline lens is removed and replaced by an intraocular artificial lens called IOL. |
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| The natural crystalline lens is capable of accommodating or changing its form in order to focus objects seen at various distances. The common traditional intraocular lenses (IOL) are made of material and in forms that allow them to modify their forms or positions inside the eye, however patients, after cataract surgery generally wear glasses to recover full functionalities of their vision. |
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Accommodative lenses represent the latest in intraocular lenses and may improve the quality of the life of patients. Accommodative lenses were designed to change forms and positions inside the eye, carrying out functions similar to that of the natural crystalline lens.
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| Accommodative lenses allow many patients to carry out their basic daily activity without using eyeglasses or contact lenses. The difference from traditional intraocular lenses (IOL) is that far and near objects can be focused on without bulky glasses or lenses. |
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The intraocular accommodative lenses comply with the European Directives for medical surgical implants and are products approved by the EC.
Only an ophthalmologic surgeon may establish if the implant of an accommodative lens is compatible with the specific characteristics of the patient.
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| The implant of new intraocular accommodative lenses in the posterior chamber stands today as an ambitious and stimulating alternative to the traditional IOLs, both in the field of cataract surgery and the techniques of refractive correction. |
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Contact Us
For particular needs contact Angelo Appiotti’s Perfect Vision Team, with professionalism and courtesy at your disposal.
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