| Lens replacement with the AcrySof ReSTOR® | | | | the lens to the outer edge in concentric circles, |
| lens is done on an outpatient basis, and takes just | | | | creating a smooth transition between distant to |
| a few hours, including recovery time. The | | | | intermediate vision, and intermediate to near vision |
| AcrySof ReSTOR® lens procedure surgically | | | | zones. Accommodation is mimicked by way of |
| replaces your natural but clouded crystalline lens | | | | these multiple focal points and the result is |
| with the ReSTOR lens, designed using apodized | | | | focused distant, intermediate, and near vision with |
| diffractive and refractive technologies. | | | | a single lens. |
| The AcrySof ReSTOR® Lens Procedure | | | | Refraction |
| The most current advancement for cataract | | | | Refractive technology redirects light as it passes |
| treatment is small incision cataract surgery. Your | | | | through the lens to the retina. This technology is |
| ophthalmologist will cut a small slit near the edge | | | | applied to the distance vision area located in the |
| of your cornea. During the AcrySof ReSTOR® | | | | outer ring of the AcrySof ReSTOR® lens. It |
| lens procedure a small tool through the slit that will | | | | surrounds the apodized diffractive rings, blending |
| break up the lens tissue and vacuum it out. He | | | | with them, to complete the near to distant focal |
| inserts the AcrySof ReSTOR® lens through the | | | | transition. |
| slit in a folded state. Once he has it in place, he | | | | New Developments |
| unfolds it and implants it within the muscles that | | | | Alcon has marketed the AcrySof ReSTOR® |
| control the crystalline lens. | | | | IOL since March 2005 when it was first approved |
| Apodized Diffraction | | | | by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). |
| The AcrySof ReSTOR® is designed using | | | | Millions of patients have enjoyed clear vision with |
| “apodized diffraction,” Alcon’s | | | | this lens, and most haven’t needed to use |
| patented design which they define as, “The | | | | reading glasses. To address the needs of patients |
| gradual reduction or blending of the diffractive | | | | whose near vision is not as fully corrected as |
| step heights.” Diffraction occurs as the light | | | | they would like, Alcon’s improved version of |
| passes through these step heights, directing the | | | | this lens was FDA approved in 2008. The new |
| light to multiple focal points associated with | | | | lens significantly improves near vision, but with |
| distance ranges. | | | | less emphasis on intermediate focal ranges. |
| The diffractive steps taper from the center of | | | | |