NEW MULTIFOCAL INTRAOCULAR LENS TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE FOR

CATARACT and REFRACTIVE LENS EXCHANGE SURGERY

Designed to provide patients high-quality near, mid-range and distance vision

Randolph, VT. - Dr. Jack A. Singer is announcing the release of the TECNIS® Multifocal Intraocular Lens (IOL) for cataract and refractive lens exchange patients. The TECNIS Multifocal IOL's unique design gives patients superior near vision and reading speed compared to other presbyopia correcting IOLs, as well as exceptionally high spectacle independence, with nearly 9 out of 10 patients reporting that they never wear glasses after surgery, which is the highest level of freedom from glasses yet demonstrated in an FDA-monitored study. The U.S. clinical study shows that more than 94 percent of patients function comfortably without glasses for all distances, including intermediate. Those who received the Tecnis Multifocal during the clinical investigation now have one to three years experience with the lens and they continue to enjoy comfortable sight at all distances without the need for glasses.

Other features/benefits include:

· high-quality vision for near, far and intermediate distances, day or night;

· first and only pupil-independent, non-apodized fully diffractive aspheric lens designed to correct the two highest order aberrations - spherical and chromatic - to give patients back their youthful vision;

· 95% patient satisfaction - the highest of any presbyopia-correcting IOL.

Outside the United States the Tecnis Multifocal has been widely used in Europe and Latin America, where multiple studies have demonstrated its superiority in uncorrected distance, intermediate and near vision, as well as reading speed and endurance.  "The full diffractive surface of the TECNIS® Multifocal IOL provides high-quality vision largely independent of pupil size and reduces chromatic aberration for better image quality," said Manfred Tetz, M.D., professor of ophthalmology and Scientific Director of the Berlin Eye Research Institute, Berlin, Germany. "I have been implanting the TECNIS® Multifocal IOL since 2003 because of the high-quality visual results that I can provide for my patients, who report being extremely satisfied with their vision."

Singer Eye Center selects only the most effective lens implant solutions for our patients. By offering both the accommodating Crystalens and the TECNIS Multifocal lens, we are better able to match patients' needs and ocular status to a lens that will meet or exceed their expectations.

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