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Presbyopia Eye Implant

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SOURCES: 2010 Medical Reference from Medstar Television. Peter Hersh, MD, Ophthalmologist/Corneal Surgeon, The Cornea and Laser Eye Institute, Glenpointe Centre East, Teaneck, N.J.

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Narrator:

Shelli Cabana's reading ease took a serious hit in her forties.

Shelli Cabana:

I noticed I couldn't read the menus in the, in the dimly lit restaurants, and, and, I couldn't read my books like I liked to. The computer was getting a little blurry.

Narrator:

Shelli's reading vision decline is a natural part of aging, caused by a condition called presbyopia.

Peter Hersh, M.D.:

As you get older, the lens inside the eye becomes harder. So, rather than having the ability to focus, it becomes stiffer and stiffer.

Narrator:

Reading glasses are a common fix, but another option is in the works—the acu-focus (ACK you focus) corneal inlay.

Peter Hersh, M.D.:

It is something that's still investigational. It's not yet been FDA-approved.

Narrator:

The donut-shaped inlay is thinner than a human hair.

Peter Hersh, M.D.:

It has a brown periphery and a central hole. And much like a camera when you make the shutter stop smaller, it screens out unfocused rays to give you better depth of focus.

Narrator:

During a thirty minute procedure, the biocompatible implant is placed in the cornea of one eye.

Peter Hersh, M.D.:

This intercepts the incoming rays of light, increases the depth of focus and better focuses reading light on the retina, which is the back part of the eye.

Narrator:

Doctor Hersh says putting the inlay in one eye improves reading vision, while preserving distance vision... Results that Shelli's relishing.

Shelli Cabana:

Where's this pair of glasses? Where's that pair of glasses? I don't have that anymore.

Narrator:

Letting her forget about those glasses and focus on reading. For WebMD, I'm Damon Meharg.

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