Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 37-46 , January 2007

Synchrony dual-optic accommodating intraocular lens: Part 1: Optical and biomechanical principles and design considerations

,Accepted 4 September 2006.

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 Supported in part by unrestricted grants from That Man May See, San Francisco, California, and Research to Prevent Blindness, New York, New York, USADrs. McLeod, Vargas, Portney, and Ting have a financial interest in Visiogen Inc. and in the intraocular lens described.

PII: S0886-3350(06)01293-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.09.020

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 37-46 , January 2007

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