Multifocal lenses use multiple refractive zones built in rings to give patients distance and near vision. These lenses are designed to address the problem of presbyopia, in which people over the age ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Part one of this series focused on balancing the three interrelated concepts of presbyopia-correcting or visual ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In the U.S. market, we currently have three newer multifocal IOLs approved for use: the Alcon Clareon PanOptix ...

Vision for near, intermediate, and distance in the same lens. An optometrist explains how multifocal lenses work, who they ...

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75 years ago, on November 29, 1949, Dr. Harold Ridley implanted the first intraocular lens in an eye after cataract extraction at St. Thomas Hospital in London. The introduction of an intraocular lens ...

Researchers have developed a new type of lens that uses a spiral-shaped surface to maintain a clear focus at different distances in varying light conditions. WASHINGTON — Researchers have developed a ...

Capping ten years of work to stem the tide of nearsightedness, David Berntsen, Golden-Golden Professor of Optometry and chair of Clinical Sciences at the University of Houston College of Optometry, is ...