In the past, when an artificial lens, called an intraocular lens implant, or IOL, was placed inside the eye during cataract surgery or lens replacement surgery, it did not have any power of accommodation. These IOLs are called single focus IOLs, and allow an eye to see either far away, or close-up, but not both.

Now, intraocular lenses called Accommodative IOLs are available. These IOLs work together with your eyes’ muscles, to give you more of the range of vision you enjoyed when you were younger. The revolutionary design of these artificial lenses, allows them to change their shape inside the eye, in order to focus on objects, that are near, far, or in-between.