Reprogrammable tuneable liquid crystal lens intraocular implant and methods therefor

A reprogrammable intraocular implant apparatus for replacing a natural lens of an eye, the apparatus comprising:

• an encapsulated tunable liquid crystal optical device including:
• a variable optical power tunable liquid crystal lens having at least one segmented hole patterned electrode, said tunable liquid crystal lens having an accommodation clear aperture;
• a tunable liquid crystal lens drive signal generator configured to generate a plurality of drive signals components, each drive signal component being configured to drive a corresponding hole patterned electrode segment;
• a tunable liquid crystal lens driver configured to control said drive signal generator to change a tunable liquid crystal lens optical power in response to one of a stimulus signal and an optical transfer function;
• a remotely programmable tunable liquid crystal lens controller configured to recalibrate the tunable liquid crystal lens by adjusting at least one of:
• the optical transfer function, at least one hole patterned electrode segment's bias parameter and a drive signal phase to compensate for dynamic adaptation of the eye over time;
• a power store configured to store electrical power to drive said tunable liquid crystal lens, said generator, said driver and said controller;
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• a sensor component configured to provide said stimulus signal.