What is Artisan IOL?

What is Artisan IOL?

The ARTISAN® IOL is for those patients who have a visually significant cataract, are aphakic or pseudophakic, and have compromised ocular anatomy that prohibits implantation of a standard posterior chamber IOL. Typically, an IOL is placed in the capsular bag of the eye, located behind the iris.

What are Artisan lenses?

The ARTISAN® Phakic IOL is an intraocular lens that is inserted in front of your natural lens, between the cornea and the iris, during a surgical procedure. This type of lens is called a phakic TOL, because the eye still has it natural lens in place.

What is aphakic glass?

Aphakia is a condition in which you’re missing the lens of one or both of your eyes. You can be born that way or lose the lens due to an injury. Or your doctor might remove it during an operation for cataracts.

What is phakic and pseudophakic eyes?

It is called “phakic” (meaning “having a lens”) because the eye’s natural lens is left untouched. Intraocular lenses that are implanted into eyes after the eye’s natural lens has been removed during cataract surgery are known as pseudophakic.

Who makes Artisan lenses?

7Artisans is a lens manufacturer based in Shenzhen, China. Founded by a group of camera enthusiasts in 2015, 7Artisans made its name with a range of affordable, very fast aperture manual focus prime lenses for mirrorless mounts, including Leica M….7Artisans Lenses.

Is 7 artisans lens good?

Performance. Sharpness is highly impressive at apertures of f/2 and narrower and, for such a fast-aperture lens, holds up very well even when shooting wide-open at f/1.05. What’s arguably more important for this type of lens is the quality of bokeh, and that’s where the 7Artisans really excels.

Which lens is used in aphakia?

Three types of contact lenses are utilized for pediatric aphakia: rigid gas permeable (RGP), silicone elastomer and hydrogel lenses. Silicone elastomer lenses are highly permeable to oxygen, even more than RGP lenses.

What is aphakic refraction?

The refraction of aphakia depends largely on the refraction before removal of the lens; and also on the changes of shape of the cornea after operation. The refraction and vision in the other eye influence what it is practical to do with correcting lenses.

How long does phakic IOL last?

After LASIK, you use these drops for 10 days, but after phakic lens implantation, you will need to use them for between two to three weeks.