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intraocular lens
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intraocular lens

Thin plastic disc similar to a contact lens inserted through an incision in the eye to replace the clouded lenses of cataract sufferers. The treatment was pioneered by English opthalmologist Harold Ridley (1906–2001).



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Rather, he's an eye surgeon, internationally recognized as an authority on cataract extractions, who's performed more cataract and intraocular lens implant surgeries than anyone else in the world.
Parel said that in cataract surgery, physicians would no longer substitute an intraocular lens implant for the patient's own lens contents.
Lindstrom holds 28 patents in ophthalmology including intraocular lens implant technology, corneal preservation, irrigation solutions, visoelastic solutions, intraocular lenses, and associated instruments.
 
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