Modified intraocular lens and method of correcting optical aberrations therein
AssigneeEmmetropia, Inc.
InventorTheodore Werblin
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Abstract
A method of correcting optical aberrations and abnormalities within the optical system of an eye having an intraocular lens implanted therein. The method includes the step of measuring and determining the extent of the aberrations and abnormalities. Removing at least one removable component of the intraocular lens. Modifying at least one surface of the removable component to eliminate or correct the aberrations and abnormalities. Reinserting the modified removable component within the intraocular lens in the optical system through a same wound formed to originally implant the intraocular lens.
Claims58
A method of correcting at least one of optical aberrations and optical abnormalities within an optical system of an eye having either one of a multi-component intraocular lens, a compound intraocular lens and a pair of single component intraocular lenses previously implanted therein for visual rehabilitation, the multi-component intraocular lens and compound intraocular lens each having at least one removable component, the method comprising the steps of:
- measuring and defining the optical aberrations and optical abnormalities within the optical system;
- removing the at least one removable component of either one of the multi-component intraocular lens and the compound intraocular lens after measuring and defining the optical aberrations and optical abnormalities;
- modifying the at least one surface using a surface modifier to eliminate the optical aberrations and optical abnormalities after removing the at least one removable component of either one of the multi-component intraocular lens and the compound intraocular lens;
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- reinserting the modified one of the multi-component intraocular lens and compound intraocular lens into the optical system of the eye.
A modified multi-component intraocular lens implanted in the optical system of a human eye having at least one removable component which has been removed from the lens, modified in accordance with a prior measurement of one of optical aberrations and optical abnormalities within the optical system, and reinserted into the lens following such modification.
A modified compound intraocular lens implanted in the optical system of a human eye including at least one removable component which has been removed from the lens, modified in accordance with a prior measurement of one of optical aberrations and optical abnormalities within the optical system, and reinserted into the lens following such modification.
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