ICL- Implantable Contact Lenses Information Guide

People often get confused between Implantable Contact Lens and Implantable Collamer Lens or or Phatik IOL in theory all these types of ICL are same. There is absolutely no difference. The leading ICL maker is Visian Implantable Collamer Lens.

However they are more companies launching their ICL products in the market, Bausch and Lomb has come out with Akreos Implantable Lens

Implantable Contact Lenses, also known as phakic IOLs (intraocular lenses), are an option for patients seeking for a solution from their common vision issues such as myopia (nearsightedness).

ICL can be placed in two different locations of the Eye. This depends on how your ICL Surgeon evaluates your eyes and suitability of the ICL.

1) Surgeons can insert ICL lens between the clear lens in front of the eye (cornea) and the iris (colored portion of the eye.

OR

2)  ICL can be inserted Just behind the iris.

ICL is not for everyone. ICL is however the best alternative to Lasik surgery and its getting popular now as Visian ICL is getting more rave reviews. Check our Visian ICL Review

Often people who are not good candiates for Lasik, try Visian ICL (visian implantable collamer lens) surgery. However are you fit

any

for Visian ICL Surgery?

Yes, if you meet any of the following conditions:

1) Has Myopia especially higher myopia (-3 to -20)
2) Thin Corneas
3) Dry Eyes/Lasy eyes/Lazy eyes -Check our article on ICL for Lazy Eyes
4) Large Pupils
5) No changes in your vision since last 6 months. Higher or lower number change.
6) Should not be pregnant
7) No allergies to any medications during Refractive ICL surgery. If you have any, consult your ICL surgeon first before going for a ICL surgery.
Have dry eyes/ myopia or thin cornea which automatically makes you suitable for ICL. ICL works the best for these people coz Lasik doesnt work for myopia, thin corner and dry or lazy eyes.
9) If you have high demands for strong vision. Like you want to improve your vision since you work as mechanical engineer or work for a diamond company as Diamond expert which needs close evaluation.

If you meet any of the above requirements, you SHOULD contact your nearest ICL surgeon.

We will soon be launching a Directory for ICL surgeons all over the world and if you are one of them, please register yourself.

Visian Implantable Collamer Lens is currently the most used and popular ICL in the market. However, it might soon have serious competition from bosch and lomb with their Akreos implantable lens soon to be launched.

Bosch and Lomb’s Akreos implantable lens got an approval from US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market the Akreos Advanced Optics Aspheric Lens (model AO60) in the United States.  The Akreos AO Lens is a single-piece, foldable acrylic intraocular lens with a four-haptic design and aspheric optics designed to be aberration-free. The lens is implanted with Bausch & Lomb’s single-use AI-28 inserter, which enables single-handed insertion through an un-enlarged standard phaco incision.

“I have been treating patients with the Akreos AO Lens for more than a year and a half in Canada and the single-piece four-haptic design allows for consistent post-op centration,” said Rosa Braga-Mele, M.Ed, M.D., FRCSC. Dr. Braga-Mele serves as the director of the Cataract Unit and Surgical Teaching at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Toronto.

The distinctive properties of the Akreos lens will serve as a pathway to microincision cataract surgery, enabling new lens technologies that can be inserted through smaller incisions.

The company expects to begin shipping the Akreos AO Lens to surgical facilities by the end of September.