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intraocular lens
(redirected from Phakic intraocular lens)

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Noun1.intraocular lens - an artificial lens that is implanted into the eye of someone to replace a damaged natural lens or someone who has had a cataract removed
lens, lens system, lense - a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images


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Alcon has developed a phakic intraocular lens that ophthalmologists can trust for their patients with moderate to high levels of nearsightedness," said Bill Barton, vice president, area president, U.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today it has approved the Verisyse(TM) Phakic IntraOcular Lens (IOL) for the correction of moderate to high myopia (nearsightedness), making it the first implantable corrective lens approved in the United States.
Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Ophthalmic Devices Panel of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) met yesterday and recommended that the ARTISAN(R)/VERISYSE(TM) phakic intraocular lens be approved by the FDA.
 
 
 
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