The AcrySof® Advantage
A solid foundation of quality and safety for every AcrySof® IOL.
The AcrySof® Single-Piece IOL Platform
The AcrySof® IQ ReSTOR® IOL is built upon the proven AcrySof® Single-Piece IOL Platform. Implanted in more than 40 million eyes to date, AcrySof® single-piece lenses offer significant biomaterial and biomechanical advances.
The single-piece platform's benefits include:
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Biomechanical
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Surgeons are now able to expedite their procedures using one-step, in-the-bag implantation with MONARCH® II or MONARCH® III IOL Delivery System.
STABLEFORCE® Haptics
The AcrySof® Single-Piece IOL's STABLEFORCE® Haptics Platform features highly stable haptics, designed to adapt and conform to different capsular bag sizes and shapes.6 These haptics help ensure that the lens remains well centered within the capsular bag, exactly where it was placed during surgery.
With an ultimate elongation approximately 500% greater than PMMA haptics, STABLEFORCE® haptics also feature a lower tensile strength and can withstand more deformation than do PMMA haptics, for even greater stability in the capsular bag.
Blue Light Filtration
Unlike other UV-absorbing IOLs, the AcrySof® IQ ReSTOR® IOL offers advanced blue-light-filtering technology, designed to approximate the human lens' natural ability to filter UV and blue light in the 400 – 475 nm wavelength range.6 The unique AcrySof® IOL chromophore filters blue light without impacting color vision or the quality of vision.7†
REFERENCES/NOTES:
- Oshika, T., et al. "Adhesion of lens capsule to intraocular lenses of PMMA, silicone, and acrylic foldable materials: an experimental study." Br J Ophthalmol, May 1998; 82 (5):468.
- Linnola. RJ, Sund M, Ylnen R, Pihlajaniemi T. "Adhesion of soluble fibronectin, laminin, and collagen type IV to intraocular lens materials." J Cataract Refract Surg, 1999; 25:1486-1491.
- Hollick, E.J., et al. "Lens epithelial cell regression on the posterior capsule with different intraocular lens materials." Br J Ophthalmol, 1998; 82: 1182-1188.
- Apple D., "Eradication of Posterior Capsule Opacification on AcrySof lenses," Ophthalmology, March 2001; 108:505-518.
- Presented by Stephen Lane, MD at the ASCRS/ASOA Symposium and Congress held April 28-May 2, 2001 in San Diego, CA.
- U.S. Patent Nos. 5,290,892; 5,470,932; 5,543,504, and 5,716,406
- Cionni, R.J., Tsai, J.H., Color perception evaluation of the AcrySof® Natural and the AcrySof® Single-Piece IOL in photopic and mesopic conditions. J Cataract and Refract Surg, 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.


