Bausch & Lomb (Rochester, N.Y.) announced today that it will celebrate the tenth anniversary of its Crystalens accommodating intraocular lens (IOL) this weekend and next week at the annual meeting of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) being held in Boston.
Crystalens currently is the only accommodating IOL that has received FDA approval for use in cataract surgery performed in the United States. The lens is designed to restore vision at all distances after cataract removal, including near vision lost to age-related presbyopia.
Broadway, film and television actress Florence Henderson recently had the Crystalens IOL implanted in her eye during cataract surgery and will be at the Bausch & Lomb booth at the ASCRS meeting on Sunday, April 11 at 1 p.m. to discuss her satisfaction with the accommodating IOL.
“I’m very pleased to have experienced such a dramatic improvement in my vision since my Crystalens surgery,” she said in a press release issued today by Bausch & Lomb.
During the Crystalens 10-year anniversary celebration, Bausch & Lomb also will honor 12 cataract surgeons who have implanted more than 1,000 Crystalens accommodating IOLs.
For more information about Crystalens intraocular lenses, visit www.crystalens.com.
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