Santa Monica Lens Implants

Intraocular lenses were first developed in the 1960s and approved for use in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration in 1981. They represent a huge breakthrough for cataract sufferers, especially in recent years with improvements in multifocal technology. Previously, intraocular lenses (or IOLs) were monofocal, meaning that patients could only focus at a certain distance (near or far) and their post-surgery vision lacked a focus range. Multifocal IOLs are able to provide patients with clear vision at a range of distances, much like the human eye itself. This feature, of both IOLs and human eyesight, is known as accommodation.

Get Intraocular Lenses in Santa Monica

Approved in 2003 by the FDA, Crystalens implants are one of the better-known examples of accommodating intraocular lenses. Normally, the accommodation mechanism in the human eye begins to wear out around age 40 in most people. Crystalens intraocular lenses have double-sided hinges, allowing them to mimic that mechanism's function and provide excellent vision in five different focal ranges and a variety of lighting conditions (night, medium, day). Other popular intraocular lenses include ReZoom and AcrySof ReStor implants, which use refractive and diffractive technology respectively to recreate the human eye's natural vision range.

Cataract surgery is the single most common surgical procedure performed in the United States, and it is generally a safe procedure that takes only about 20 minutes, and can be performed on an outpatient basis. Individuals interested in learning more about the various implants on the market should contact an eye surgeon. Patients in Santa Monica are invited to contact the Maloney Vision Institute, one of the leading sight restoration clinics in the United States.