IOL

Discover how real-world evidence shapes cataract surgery practices, highlighting user satisfaction with enhanced monofocal IOLs at the 2025 ASCRS Annual Meeting.

Bausch + Lomb addresses recent IOL recall, ensuring safety with enhanced protocols and returning enVista lenses to market after thorough investigation.

Celebrating a half-century of progress with Ophthalmology Times.

Updated guidelines characterize IOLs by functional performance over optical design.

The recall was conducted out of an abundance of caution after the company received reports of complications. The cause of said complications could not be immediately explained.

The lens will be available with the Monarch IV manual delivery system in Q2 and the AutonoMe Automated Pre-Loaded Delivery System in Q3.

Toric IOLs outperform femtosecond laser-assisted astigmatic keratotomy in reducing postoperative astigmatism and improving UDVA after cataract surgery.

Monofocal IOLs, along with advanced phacoemulsification technology, offer tailored solutions.

RayTrace has been utilized globally by surgeons since 2008.

The launch follows a CE Mark received late last year.

The Loong Crystal PR IOL is designed for the treatment of myopia in adults ranging from -3.25D to -18.00D.

Enhanced monofocal IOLs provide a slight depth-of-focus boost without compromising contrast, making them a versatile choice for patients seeking improved distance and intermediate vision while still needing glasses for near tasks.

Trending topics and milestone stories from our year in ophthalmology.

According to the company, enVista Envy IOLs will be commercially available in the U.S. on a limited basis in the coming weeks and more broadly in 2025. Bausch + Lomb is also in the process of seeking regulatory approvals for the lens in additional markets.

The TECNIS Odyssey IOL is a new full vision range IOL built on the TECNIS platform.

Option provides surgeons with flexibility and creativity.

The non-diffractive, aspheric IOLs are the second generation of BVI’s ISOPURE family

The IOL, designed with artificial intelligence, will launch at this year's ESCRS Congress in Barcelona, Spain

The device features real-time feedback and other features, allowing residents to hone their skills and expand options for practicing one of the most needed procedures in the country.

The Summit will feature 18+ course hours and an extensive resource library to support practice adoption of AT IOLs

A team of 14 eyecare professionals made the recent trip including faculty from the Loyola Medicine Department of Ophthalmology and faculty and residents from Cook County Health, Northwestern Medicine, Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia, the University of Toledo College of Medicine and Champlain Ophthalmology in Bethesda, Maryland.

The company states this will enable movement toward US approval

The SimVis Gekko eye dominance strength test may change the standard of care.

The retrospective cohort study by a team of researchers in China included 58 cataract eyes of 54 patients with corneal astigmatism who underwent phacoemulsification and rotationally asymmetric multifocal intraocular lens implantation. Patients were treated with either an opposite clear corneal incision or a single clear corneal incision.

Enhanced monofocal technology may benefit patients with cataracts and dry eye.

According to the company, its combined vitreoretinal-cataract system and standalone cataract system are cleared for use in the United States.

Investigators looked to see if a large language model could provide safe, accurate, and readable information to patient inquiries about cataract surgery.

Over 380 organizations representing patients, health care providers, the medical technology and biopharmaceutical industry, health plans and others endorse the legislation

Investigators put forth a list of considerations for surgeons ahead of lens removal in pediatric patients