Blue Light Filtering IOLSAlcon AcrySof ReSTOR® Blue Light Filtering Intraocular Lenses

Frequently Asked Questions

Filtering Blue Light Like the Natural Lens

The AcrySof® ReSTOR® IOL is available with a lens technology which is designed to have light-filtering abilities that approximate the light transmission of the human lens.

The human lens has the natural ability to filter UV and blue light. Unlike other UV-absorbing IOLs, this lens is designed to filter light similar to the human lens.

The AcrySof® ReSTOR® IOL is available with the blue light-filtering chromophore.¹ This unique chromophore filters blue light in a manner that approximates the natural crystalline lens, in the 400-475 nm wavelength range. The blue light-filtering chromophore filters blue light without impacting color vision or the quality of vision.²*

  1. U.S. Patent Nos. 5,290,892; 5,470,932; 5,543,504, and 5,716,406
  2. Cionni, R.J., Tsai, J.H., Color perception evaluation of the AcrySof® Natural and the AcrySof® single piece IOL in photopic and mesopic conditions. Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. 2006;32:236-242.

*The long-term effects of filtering blue light and the clinical efficacy of that filtering on the retina have not been conclusively established.