Cataracts – hardened and clouded lenses leading to vision loss – are an inevitability of aging. Half of Americans develop cataracts by the age of 75, and it’s estimated that the number of people with cataracts in the U.S. will double from 24.4 million to approximately 50 million by 2050.
Our Mission: To restore vision by imitating the natural lens of a young, healthy eye.
Revolutionizing Cataract Surgery
Each year, more than 30 million cataract surgeries are performed globally. The cataractous lens is most often replaced with a rigid, monofocal intraocular lens (IOL) that corrects for near or far vision, but not both. While premium IOLs such as multi-focal, trifocal, and Extended Depth of Focus (EDOF) IOLs exist, these options carry side effects, leaving cataract and refractive surgeons with imperfect solutions for their patients. Until now, no IOL has been able to approximate the properties of a young, healthy lens.
The first Biomimetic Accommodating IOL
Traditional IOL
(Monofocal)
Range of Vision
Restores full range of visioneliminating the need for glasses after surgery.
Corrects distance or near vision, not bothrequiring glasses after surgery.
Mechanism of Action
Soft, flexible lensresponds to eye’s muscles of accommodation.
Stiff lensdoesn’t work with muscles of accommodation.
Side Effects
No halos, glare, or decreased
contrast sensitivity
Side effectscommonly include decreased contrast sensitivity, halos, and glare.
Like the young natural lens, the Adaptilens accommodating intraocular lens (A-IOL) is soft and flexible.
