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Originally Posted by pdurrant
I'm fascinated to find out that accommodating replacement lenses are now available. I don't think the procedure is old enough (i.e. tested enough) yet to be attractive for people without cataracts, but perhaps that day will come.
I must admit that the idea of a replacement lens that fixes the lack of accommodation, and could also correct for my myopia and astigmatism is very attractive.
After another decade of experience with them and I might be tempted to go for it.
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Yes, they are premium lenses by Bausch and Lomb Called "Crystalense", and the ones with the toric (astigmatism) elements incorporated are called Trulens. Mine cost a bit over $2600 (for one) above what Medicare would pay. As of now they are the only accommodating IOL with a toric element that are approved by the FDA, although there are several other companies who have something in the pipeline, and there are a couple approved in Europe.
I'm quite happy with mine, and don't regret the extra cost at all, since the toric element diopter is fairly rigid and usually doesn't exactly match your prescription a perfect 20/20 correction is rare. Mine came out at 20/40, but my surgeon says he can tweak it with limbal relaxing incisions.
After sixty years of being dependent on spectacles it's all quite exiting.