HOW DOES THE Crystalens® ACCOMMODATING IOL WORK?

Most people’s vision remains stable until their late 40’s. At that time, the eye’s natural crystalline lens begins to gradually enlarge and harden. This is followed by the eventual formation of a cataract. Overtime, it becomes difficult for the muscle in the eye to automatically focus your lens on the people and things in your life that matter most. This is known as loss of accommodation, or presbyopia, and its earliest symptom is difficulty seeing things close-up.

The Crystalens is the first intraocular lens, or IOL, for cataracts that also provides accommodation. How? All other IOL’s are fixed and stationary within the eye. Their particular design prevents them from accommodating, or moving to focus. The Crystalens is unique because it actually accommodates to reconnect you continuously and effortlessly to everything in your day, no matter the distance.

The Crystalens is the first and only FDA approved accommodating IOL in the United States.

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