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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Theodore Werblin, Princeton, WV (US);
Assignee:
Emmetropia, Inc., Princeton, WV (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/16 ;
Abstract
A method of correcting optical aberrations and abnormalities within the optical system of an eye having an intraocular lens implanted therein. The method includes the step of measuring and determining the extent of the aberrations and abnormalities. Removing at least one removable component of the intraocular lens. Modifying at least one surface of the removable component to eliminate or correct the aberrations and abnormalities. Reinserting the modified removable component within the intraocular lens in the optical system through a same wound formed to originally implant the intraocular lens.