Abstract: Accommodating intraocular lens including a combination of variable lenses. Firstly, a variable lens including two spherical lenses fitted onto two optical elements to provide variable optical power of which the degree depends on the degree of movement of at least one of spherical lens along the optical axis. Secondly, a variable lens comprising at least two cubic surfaces fitted onto the same two optical elements which provides a lens of variable optical power of which the degree depends on the degree of movement of at least one of the optical elements in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis. The combination of variable lenses is fitted into a mechanical construction providing said movements of the optical elements.

Abstract: Apparatus for imaging and measuring the accommodation structure of the eye with the apparatus including a light source providing spot-illumination of the rim of the cornea at a slanted angle with the cornea guiding the light to the largely full rim of the cornea thereby illuminating the rim by scattered light emitted by scattering of light inside the eye at the limbus with the image provided by a telecentric lens which allows for accurate measurements of the diameter of the iris without aid of mechanical calibration tools.

Abstract: Disclosed are accommodating intraocular lenses with a variable power lens and a lens driver coupled to the variable power lens. The driver is arranged to be, at least partially, positioned in an accommodative structure of the eye, for example the sulcus of the eye or the capsular bag of the eye with the driver including a tapered flange which tapers towards its peripheral free end to provide translation of constrictive movement of the accommodative structure in an axial direction into movement onto the variable power lens in a lateral direction.

Abstract: The accommodative intraocular lens combination includes mechanically and optically independent lens sections including a static, fixed power lens section to restore refraction of the eye and an, independent, dynamic, variable power lens section to restore accommodation of the eye. The preferred embodiment is a combination of a fixed power lens section, for example, a monofocal intraocular lens implanted inside the capsular bag in combination with a variable power lens section implanted at the sulcus plane and driven by the ciliary mass directly. The lens can include optics comprising free-form surfaces according to orders which exceed third order Zernike and can include additional corrective optics to modulate fixed and variable residual optical.

Abstract: Accommodating intraocular lens with an variable power lens with a combination of mechanical driving components which can include a barrel driving component to transfer lateral movement from a driving component in the eye to the variable power lens, and/or a, novel, flange driving component and/or a, novel, bouncing chamber driving component to, firstly, translate axial movement of the ciliary mass and/or the zonular system into lateral movement and, secondly, transfer this lateral movement to the variable power lens.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a combination of a lens, a lens holder and a lens injector cartridge for an intraocular lens with multiple optical components. The lens holder is provided with coupling means, to couple the lens holder to the lens injector cartridge or where the lens holder is integrally formed with the lens injector cartridge. The lens injector cartridge includes a loading chamber to receive the lens. The lens holder includes a spacer component, where the spacer component is to be coupled to the lens where the spacer component separates at least two optical components of the intraocular lens.

Abstract: An intraocular lens combination of independent lens constructions includes a first lens construction for restoration of refraction of the aphakic eye and a second lens construction for restoration of accommodation of the phakic eye. The preferred embodiment of the first lens construction includes a lens of fixed optical power implanted in the capsular bag and second lens construction including an accommodative lens of variable optical power implanted in front of the bag. The intraocular lens combination can include corrective optics to correct for both fixed and variable residual optical errors.

Abstract: The invention relates to an accommodating intraocular lens, having an optical axis (3), with the lens comprising at least two optical elements (1, 2), and haptics to allow mutual translation of said elements (1, 2) in a direction substantially perpendicular to the optical axis (3), in which at least two of the elements (1, 2) each comprising free-form optical surfaces. The invention also relates to a combination of such lens and an apparatus adapted for measuring the optical power of an eye.

Abstract: The invention discloses an intraocular lens construction with the lens construction including one or more rotational haptics extending away from the optical component which haptic provide coupling of the lens construction to the rim of at least one asymmetrical capsulorhexis in the capsular bag. The lens construction, fitted with at least one anterior rotational haptic can be positioned inside the capsular bag, or the lens construction fitted with at least one posterior rotational haptic can be positioned at the sulcus plane in front of the capsular bag. Such a lens construction provides rotational stability any type of intraocular lens including any toric intraocular lens.

Abstract: An accommodating intraocular lens with variable optical power, comprising at least two optical elements, at least one of which is movable relative to the other in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis, wherein the optical elements form a lens with different optical power at different relative positions of the optical elements. At least two of the optical elements of the lens comprise at least one additional optical correction surface, which correction surfaces are adapted for simultaneous variable correction of one or more optical aberrations of the natural eye in which the degree of correction depends on the relative position of the optical elements.

Abstract: An accommodating intraocular lens construction includes a lens of fixed optical power to correct refractive error and a lens of variable power to restore accommodation of the eye, which variable lens can have two optical elements which either shift perpendicular to the optical axis, or which variable lens can have two elements which move along the optical axis. The accommodating intraocular lens has at least one haptic to provide transfer of movement to at least one of the optical elements and at least one additional haptic for sulcus fixation to provide limitation of movement of at least one component of the lens along the optical axis. The movement of the additional haptic is largely independent from the haptic for movement.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method to adjust mechanical properties of an intraocular lens including at least two haptics and at least one optical element, with the apparatus including at least one laser light source adapted to provide inscription of a pattern in the lens and a digital control unit adapted to control the laser light.

Abstract: A haptic combination comprising at least one optical element adapted to provide at least two optical functions including provision of a fixed optical power and provision of variable optical power. The haptic combination comprises at least a first haptic adapted to provide anchoring and positioning of at least one of the optical elements and at least a second haptic adapted to provide transfer of movement from at least one driving means in the eye to at least one of the optical elements. Movement of the second haptic is independent from movement of the first haptic.

Abstract: An accommodating intraocular artificial lens with variable optical power, comprising two optical elements which are adapted to mutually shift in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis wherein the optical elements have such a shape that the optical elements exhibit, in combination, different optical powers at different relative positions. Flanges are adapted to position the anterior section of the haptics in the sulcus of the eye or, alternatively, the ciliary body is enclosed by a combination of anterior and posterior flanges. Also disclosed are methods to provide for an accommodating intraocular lens which is adjustable post-implant to ensure emmetropia of the eye.

Abstract: The invention relates to an artificial intra ocular lens of variable optical power, comprising at least two optical elements which can be shifted relative to each other in a direction extending perpendicular to the optical axis wherein the optical elements have such a shape that they exhibit, in combination, different optical powers at different relative positions. This results in a construction which has such a low weight that it is applicable as an intra ocular lens of adjustable optical power. According to a first preferred embodiment the lens comprises positioning means the optical elements in the eye and driving means, which can be operated by the user to execute a movement of at least one of the optical elements relative to the other optical element. This embodiment can be used to correct the accommodation function.

Abstract: A novel lens for variable focus has two optical elements which simultaneously move in a lateral and an axial direction. The lens also includes variable corrective optics to correct for undesired variable optical aberrations. The lens can be used as an accommodating lens for implantation in the capsular bag. The lens can be driven by either the surfaces of the capsular bag as well as the rim of the capsular bag.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an adjustable ophthalmic lens comprising at least one optical element comprising a combination of at least two optical surfaces wherein both optical surfaces are chiral optical surfaces adapted to provide chiral modulation of the light beam, the combination of the chiral optical surfaces is adapted to provide at least one adjustable focus and the combination of the chiral optical surfaces is adapted such that the focal distance of the adjustable foci depends on the mutual position of the chiral optical surfaces. These chiral optical surfaces result in a chiral modulation of the light beam. Combinations of chiral optical surfaces are applied to obtain adjustable optical powers in single-focus ophthalmic lenses and multiple-focus ophthalmic lenses.

Abstract: An accommodating intraocular lens combination with two optical elements which move versus each other. The optical elements have such a shape that the combination provides variable focusing power at different positions of at least one of the optical elements relative to the other optical element. The lens combination also includes an electricity generator and a functional system, which can be a, micro, mano meter system, or, a micro glucose measurement system, or, a micro intraocular driver system for amplification of accommodation movements. The lens combination includes a wireless connection component to send or receive information from or to, for example, a smart-phone.

Abstract: The present invention provides an accommodating intraocular lens including at least two optical elements and haptics to position the lens in the eye and to transfer movement of driving means. The optical surfaces include cubic free-form surfaces for a variable lens, and additional free-form surfaces to provide a variable correction of at least one variable aberration generated by other optical surfaces of the intraocular lens. Also, optical measures, a prism, and correction of such optical measures, a second prism, included in the design to reduce free-form jump, meaning the elevation of the rim of the cubic free-form surface relative to the base plate, are disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to an intraocular accommodative lens, comprising an optical arrangement and haptics, the lens being adapted for variable focusing by movement of at least one part of the optical arrangement by at least one of the haptics, wherein the haptics comprise a part adapted to transfer a movement from the ciliary mass to the optical arrangement. This forms an attractive way of driving the variable lens, in particular for locations of the lens avoiding the capsular bag.