Each year, more than 30 million people globally receive surgery to correct cataracts. As many people age, the crystalline lenses in their eyes become cloudy and obstruct their vision, but a simple and ...

Copenhagen, Denmark: Patients who have a new type of lens implanted in their eyes during surgery for cataracts or to correct their eyesight have excellent or good vision over distances both near and ...

John A. Moran Eye Center researcher Liliana Werner, MD, PhD, loves travel and a good mystery—and her work provides plenty of both. As a world expert on the interaction between eye tissue and different ...

Morgan Micheletti, MD, left, and Lilliana Werner, MD, PhD, display some of the IOLs from space at the Moran Eye Center. In a first-of-its-kind project, Micheletti partnered with a NASA and Space ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) is expanding the U.S. roll-out of its latest advancement in presbyopia-correcting intraocular lenses (PC-IOLs). TECNIS PureSee IOL is ...

The eye's natural crystalline lens can be replaced with an artificial lens—known as an intraocular lens—to restore clarity and lead to a vast improvement in quality of life for patients with cataracts ...

Yes, a doctor can remove and replace an intraocular lens (IOL), a procedure known as an IOL exchange. However, this approach is rarely necessary. According to a 2023 retrospective study, past research ...

Cataracts, any ophthalmologist will tell you, are an extremely common side effect of growing older. Live long enough, and most people will develop this condition—a clouding of the normally clear eye ...

As technology evolves, there is potential to quantify and automate presbyopia-correcting IOL selection through measures that ...