Imagine Life Without Reading Glasses
Looking for a solution to read common items such as cell phone messages, restaurant menus and supermarket labels without reading glasses or contacts?
The Flexivue Microlens™ offers a solution for people looking to treat presbyopia and eliminate their dependency on reading glasses. The most common solution to presbyopia is to use reading glasses. But most people, especially those who can see reasonably well at distance, find them a bothersome solution since they must constantly switch between having the glasses on to read and removing them for doing routine tasks.
Presbyopia is an age-related focus dysfunction that results in the gradual loss of near vision. It is not a disease – it is as natural as wrinkles and eventually affects everyone. It can start as early as 35 but people typically become symptomatic from the age of 40 onwards, whether they are near sighted, far sighted or enjoyed perfect vision previously. It is estimated that over 1.8 billion people worldwide have some degree of presbyopia. The most common solution for presbyopia is the use of reading glasses or contact lenses
Exciting advances in ophthalmology now allow patients to choose corneal inlays to correct presbyopia. In contrast to other alternative treatments to reading glasses and contact lenses, such as monovision LASIK or more invasive intraocular lens replacement surgery, the Presbia Microlens™ technology can be an excellent option. Most importantly, it is designed to be easily removable and upgradable if, for instance, your presbyopia advances and a new prescription is needed.
The Flexivue Microlens™ offers a solution for people looking to treat presbyopia and eliminate their dependency on reading glasses. The most common solution to presbyopia is to use reading glasses. But most people, especially those who can see reasonably well at distance, find them a bothersome solution since they must constantly switch between having the glasses on to read and removing them for doing routine tasks.
Overall, patient satisfaction with the procedure was generally high. 97% of patients who responded reported “excellent” or “good” perception of UCVA-near, and 97% of patients who responded reported “excellent” or “good” perception of binocular UCVA-distance 1
1 Data from 2012 post market evaluation study conducted in University of Crete in Greece under the direction of Prof. Ioannis Pallikaris, M.D., and at Prato Hospital in Italy under the direction of Dr. Marco Fantozzi. The Flexivue Microlens® procedure involves implanting, in the patient’s non-dominant eye, a 3-mm diameter lens in a corneal pocket created using a 150 kHz femtosecond laser (commonly used in LASIK surgery, a technique pioneered by Prof. Pallikaris). Patients achieved dramatic improvements in their near vision after just one week, from pre-operative vision of 20/100 to 20/25. The 12-month results show that the Flexivue Microlens® continues to improve near vision over time and produces stable near vision after a full year of implantation without any medical complications.