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For very nearsighted people, procedures like Custom LASIK may not
be an option, leaving you stuck with thick glasses or contact
lenses - until now. The Verisyse™ Phakic Implantable Lens provides "precision
vision," a high-tech, yet simple procedure that not only can
improve your vision, but also your life. The Verisyse™ Phakic
Implantable Lens is a micro lens placed behind your cornea. It
is made out of "PMMA," which is the same type of material used safely
for the past 50 years in cataract surgery. The word "phakic" means that
your natural crystalline lens is left in the eye (not removed like in
cataract surgery). This is important because your natural lens helps your
eye adjust between seeing objects that are near and far.
With successful use in more than 150,000 procedures world wide, the
Verisyse™ design is proven to provide very predictable correction of
moderate to severe nearsightedness. During FDA clinical trials, an
overwhelming majority of patients (more than 90%) were satisfied with
the procedure and would recommend it to a friend.
To understand how Verisyse™ works, you first have to understand how the
eye works. There are several structures in your eye needed to convert
light into the images you see. When light enters the eye, your cornea
and crystalline lens focus it onto the retina, which transforms it into
the electrical signals that are sent to your brain. Because the cornea
has the greatest focusing power, it’s the cornea’s shape that determines
the majority of the eye’s focusing ability.
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Before Verisyse™ |
Through
a small incision, your doctor places the Verisyse™ Phakic Implantable
Lens behind
your cornea. You generally do not feel or see the lens once it is in
place, and it can never slip or fall out.
