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VISUAL SIMULATION TECHNOLOGY FOR MULTIFOCAL CORRECTIONS BEFORE CATARACT OR PRESBYOPIA CORRECTING SURGERY.
S. Marcos1,2,*
1CSIC, Madrid, Spain, 2University of Rochester, Rochester, United States
UNMET NEED
Presbyopia is a non-preventable, gradual, and irreversible eye condition that involves the loss of the ability to focus on near objects. It causes strong visual symptoms in >80% of the population over the age of 50, >2 billion people by 2024.
There are many types of multifocal lenses, implanted in the eye during presbyopia surgery (and also cataract surgery), each one providing a different visual experience.
The effect of each lens is difficult to explain, and patients cannot experience what their actual vision will be like after eye surgery. The lens to be implanted is selected in a mere conversation, without considering their feedback.
The current suboptimal lens selection process in presbyopia and cataract surgery reduces postoperative satisfaction and is a major barrier to prescribing premium corrections.
OUR TECHNOLOGY AND SOLUTION
SimVis technology is based on temporal multiplexing of tunable lenses (TLs). The lens changes its optical power in response to an electric signal
2EyesVision’s technology allows presbyopic patients to experience the real world through existing intraocular lens models and try them on before implantation, providing feedback to the doctor in order to support the selection of the most suitable IOL
Our first product, SimVis Gekko, is a visual simulator for presbyopia and cataract surgery that for the first time allows patients to try on different premium corrections before surgery. It is a head-mounted, binocular, see-through optical instrument, providing a natural visual experience.