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CORE MESSAGES<br />

Synchrony IOL<br />

H. Burkhard Dick, Mana Tehrani, Luis G. Vargas, Stephen D. McLeod<br />

2 The Synchrony IOL (Visiogen, Irvine, California) is a dual-optic,<br />

silicone,single-piece,foldable,accommodating IOL.The IOL features<br />

a 5.5-mm high-powered anterior optic connected to a 6.0-mm negative<br />

power optic by haptics.<br />

2 The mechanism of accommodation potential is based on a lens<br />

complex formed by two optics linked by a spring system.<br />

2 With accommodative effort, the zonules relax, releasing the tension<br />

on the capsular bag, thus allowing release of the strain energy<br />

stored in the interoptic articulations and anterior displacement of<br />

the anterior optic.<br />

2 The Synchrony IOL has been implanted in more than 70 human eyes<br />

in different centers around the world. The lens has been safely implanted<br />

in the capsular bag after conventional phacoemulsification,<br />

with no major complications in the intra- and postoperative period.<br />

2 The Synchrony dual-optic system represents a promising surgical<br />

option for cataract surgery and may enable an extended accommodative<br />

range.<br />

Accommodation in the youthful, phakic human<br />

eye is accomplished by contraction of<br />

the ciliary body and subsequent release in the<br />

resting tension of the zonular fibers by which<br />

the crystalline lens is suspended, resulting in<br />

increased lens curvature [1–3]. Presbyopia is<br />

defined as the progressive loss of accommodation<br />

amplitude producing compromised<br />

near function, and has been attributed to me-<br />

chanical changes in the lens and capsule including<br />

changes in elastic property [1] and<br />

progressive circumferential enlargement of<br />

the crystalline lens [2, 3], weakening of the<br />

ciliary muscle [4], and loss of zonular and ciliary<br />

body effectiveness and elasticity [5, 6].<br />

An excellent review of the variety of proposed<br />

mechanisms has been presented by Atchison<br />

[7].

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