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OCLI Blog – Cataract Surgery

March 20, 2009
March 20, 2009

Happy Birthday Cataract IOL!

According to the Cataract Outsourcing Blog, yesterday was the 57th anniversary of the first IntraOcular Lens (IOL) implanted in the United States after cataract surgery: "…a patient in Philadelphia received the first plastic lens for use after cataract surgery. The lens was made of Plexiglas, of a kind called polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA). British surgeon Harold…

March 12, 2009
March 12, 2009

FDA Approves Aspheric AcrySof IQ toric IOL

Alcon Labs has recently announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Alcon’s Aspheric AcrySof IQ Toric IOL for use in cataract surgery patients with astigmatism. The new AcrySof Toric Lens has an enhanced Aspheric Optic for improved image quality, increased contrast sensitivity and quality distance vision without spectacle correction. The first AcrySof®

February 15, 2009
February 15, 2009

Caffeine May Help Prevent Cataracts

Your morning cup of coffee may do more that help you keep your eyes open.  It may protect them as well! Tea and coffee alkaloids may have an anti- cataract effect on your eye’s natural lens.  Exposure to the sun’s uv rays generates compounds called free radicals.  These free radicals may have harmful effects on…

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