Dual-optic intraocular lens that improves overall vision where there is a local loss of retinal function
First Claim
1. A method of selecting an intraocular lens (IOL) configured to be implanted in a patient'"'"'s eye, the method comprising:
- obtaining at least one characteristic of the patient'"'"'s eye using a diagnostic instrument; and
selecting an IOL having an optical power that corrects optical errors in an image produced at a peripheral retinal location of the patient'"'"'s eye disposed at a distance from the fovea, wherein the IOL is configured to produce an image by focusing light incident on the patient'"'"'s eye at an oblique angle having a value between 1 and 25 degrees with respect to an optical axis intersecting the patient'"'"'s eye at the peripheral retinal location,wherein the optical power of the IOL is based on the obtained characteristic, and wherein the optical error that is corrected is coma.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for improving overall vision in patients suffering from a loss of vision in a portion of the retina (e.g., loss of central vision) by providing a dual optic intraocular lens which redirects and/or focuses light incident on the eye at oblique angles onto a peripheral retinal location. The intraocular lens can include a redirection element (e.g., a prism, a diffractive element, or an optical component with a decentered GRIN profile) configured to direct incident light along a deflected optical axis and to focus an image at a location on the peripheral retina. Optical properties of the intraocular lens can be configured to improve or reduce peripheral errors at the location on the peripheral retina. One or more surfaces of the intraocular lens can be a toric surface, a higher order aspheric surface, an aspheric Zernike surface or a Biconic Zernike surface to reduce optical errors in an image produced at a peripheral retinal location by light incident at oblique angles.
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13 Claims
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1. A method of selecting an intraocular lens (IOL) configured to be implanted in a patient'"'"'s eye, the method comprising:
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obtaining at least one characteristic of the patient'"'"'s eye using a diagnostic instrument; and selecting an IOL having an optical power that corrects optical errors in an image produced at a peripheral retinal location of the patient'"'"'s eye disposed at a distance from the fovea, wherein the IOL is configured to produce an image by focusing light incident on the patient'"'"'s eye at an oblique angle having a value between 1 and 25 degrees with respect to an optical axis intersecting the patient'"'"'s eye at the peripheral retinal location, wherein the optical power of the IOL is based on the obtained characteristic, and wherein the optical error that is corrected is coma. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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