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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2023
Alcon Inc., Fribourg, CH;
Terah Whiting Smiley, Davis, CA (US);
Andrew R. Walz, Longmont, CO (US);
Sharad Hajela, San Carlos, CA (US);
Gregory Vinton Matthews, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert Demitri Angelopoulos, San Jose, CA (US);
Nathan Lewis, San Jose, CA (US);
Alcon Inc., Fribourg, CH;
Abstract
Disclosed are adjustable accommodating intraocular lenses and methods of adjusting accommodating intraocular lenses post-operatively. In one embodiment, an adjustable accommodating intraocular lens comprises an optic portion and a peripheral portion. At least one of the optic portion and the peripheral portion can be made in part of a composite material comprising an energy absorbing constituent and a plurality of expandable components. At least one of a base power and a cylindricity of the optic portion can be configured to change in response to an external energy directed at the composite material.