FORT WORTH, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 2005--Alcon, Inc., (NYSE:ACL) announced the launch of the AcrySof(R) ReSTOR(R) Intraocular Lens (IOL) at a press conference during the American Society of ...

For years, patients who underwent cataract surgery had to wear glasses or contact lenses afterwards to see clearly. The newly developed ReSTOR® lens has overcome this problem, allowing patients to see ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . We now have U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of six presbyopic IOLs: the Advanced Medical Optics ...

Oct. 27, 2004 (New Orleans) — New data from a European trial of the AcrySof ReSTOR MA60D3 intraocular lens (IOL) shows that overall 74% of bilateral cataract patients did not use glasses for near or ...

If you are over the age of 65, Medicare will cover the cost of cataract surgery along with a conventional "monofocal" IOL. Patients electing monofocal IOLs typically have both eyes corrected for clear ...

According to our data and model for cataract, bilateral ReSTOR ® (2 × €500) implants were always a cost-saving alternative to monofocal IOL implants when viewed from a societal perspective. Our ...

Here is the current list (as of Feb. 9, 2011) of posterior chamber (P-C) and anterior chamber (A-C) intraocular lenses recognized by CMS. – Crystalens, manufactured by Eyeonics (now Bausch & Lomb). – ...

Here are 17 facts and business and legal issues about premium intraocular lenses, a recent technology that can free many cataract surgery patients from having to wear eyeglasses. 1. In one of the few ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The first FDA-approved presbyopia-correcting IOL entered the U.S. market in 1997 when the Allergan Medical ...