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Dual-optic intraocular lens that improves overall vision where there is a local loss of retinal function

  • US 10,016,270 B2
  • Filed: 02/24/2017
  • Issued: 07/10/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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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:

  • 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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