Thanks to the latest advancements in multifocal lens implant technology, cataract surgery can allow you to ‘see young again.”

How Age Affects Vision

As we age, beginning around the age of 40, the natural lens inside the eye begins to harden and lose its flexibility. This reduces the eye’s ability to change its focus from near to intermediate, to distance, and back again. This is known as “loss of accommodation” or “presbyopia,” and its earliest symptom is difficulty seeing things up close. Bifocal and even trifocal glasses become necessary for some people to see clearly at all distances.

As the natural lens of the eye continues to deteriorate, it starts to become cloudy or brown. Vision becomes blurry, and colors lose their brilliance. At first, frequent changes in glasses prescriptions can help, but left untreated, cataracts can lead to blindness. The only way to see clearly after a cataract matures is to have it removed and then replaced with an intraocular lens, or IOL.

The TECNIS® Extended Range of Vision

Full Range of Vision and Greater Independence from Glasses and Contact Lenses

Until recently, patients undergoing lens implant surgery received a monofocal, or single focus IOL. Monofocal IOLs implanted in both eyes generally provide excellent distance vision, while patients often need spectacle correction for near and intermediate vision. In the late 1990s, Advanced Medical Optics (AMO) introduced its first multifocal IOL designed to provide multiple points of focus, thereby dramatically reducing the need for bifocals or trifocal glasses after surgery.

Today, with its many optical design enhancements, the TECNIS lenses are both multifocal and can be used for patients with astigmatism with the TORIC lenses. In the past patients with astigmatism were not candidates for this type of technology. With the Patients have found the TECNIS lenses to be highly satisfying, a low amount of complaints of glares or halos. TECNIS is made in the USA and has been used in Europe for the past 3 years after Clinical Trials of 3-5 years to prove their success rate. 

The First Steps to Resuming Life

If you suffer from poor vision, or think you might have a cataract, you should make an appointment to have a complete eye examination. Once it is determined that you are a good candidate for the TECNIS Symfony IOL, you will be given additional information about the possible risks, complications, and costs involved with the procedure. Be sure to have all of your questions answered before giving your consent to have surgery.

If you are experiencing cataracts or have presbyopia the TECNIS Symfony IOL is a great option. This lens is designed for very flexible and multifunctional vision. TECNIS intraocular lens provides cataract patients with greater independence from glasses than monofocal IOLs. The TECNIS proprietary multifocal design provides a range of vision that monfocals cannot match.

If you have been told by your eye doctor that you have cataracts and are experiencing one or more of the following vision problems, you may be a candidate for the TECNIS Symfony IOL:

1. If you have trouble reading and may require bifocals.

2. If your vision is getting increasingly blurred

Restore Your Vision

With TECNIS, your vision will improve in all aspects, including distance, intermediate (playing golf/using computer) and near (book reading).

Contact Us

Contact Fladen Eye Center today to schedule your consultation with Dr. Fladen. We can be reached at 330-489-1441 or via our online contact form on our contact us page.

To learn more, visit the TECNIS website.