Study lenses
lens, ® IOL
IOL, LENS
HOYA Vivinex™ IOL (model XY1) manufactured by HOYA Surgical Optics, Tokyo, Japan is a foldable, single-piece lens for posterior chamber implantation, preloaded in a single-use injector (Vivinex™ iSert®) that automatically folds and injects the IOL into the eye. After injection, the IOL unfolds within the capsular bag. The lens is made from an ultraviolet-absorbing, high-refractive index, hydrophobic, soft acrylic polymer. The yellow Vivinex™ (XY1) IOL contains a blue-light filter in addition to the UV-light filter.Alcon AcrySof® IOL (model SN60WF) manufactured by Alcon Laboratories, Fort Worth, Texas, USA is a single-piece, foldable, acrylic IOL which also has a blue-light filtering chromophore in addition to standard UV-light filter. The Alcon AcrySof® lens has a biconvex optic with supporting haptics and is intended for implantation in the capsular bag.