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enhanced visual function that remains stable.<br />

Since aberrations in the cornea do not change<br />

with age and potential progressive crystalline<br />

lens aberrations are eliminated with lensec-<br />

Fig. 17.11. Digital light delivery device (DLDD).<br />

(Courtesy of Calhoun Vision Inc.)<br />

a<br />

b<br />

Chapter 17 The Light-Adjustable <strong>Lens</strong> 169<br />

tomy, wavefront treatments to the LAL should<br />

not change with time and should produce a<br />

stable aberration-free optical system throughout<br />

the patient’s lifetime.<br />

Fig. 17.12. A tetrafoil spatial intensity pattern is<br />

represented digitally. This pattern can be directly<br />

transferred to a LAL or an inverse pattern could<br />

likewise be irradiated to the LAL to correct this<br />

aberration. (Courtesy of Calhoun Vision Inc.)<br />

Fig. 17.13. a LAL interferometry pattern before<br />

and after irradiation with DLDD to create tetrafoil<br />

wavefront. b Three-dimensional representation of<br />

tetrafoil wavefront created in LAL. (Courtesy of<br />

Calhoun Vision Inc.)

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