Multifocal Lenses

TRIFOCAL-/MULTIFOCAL LENSES: NO MORE GLASSES, NO MORE READING GLASSES!

Whether reading your smartphone or a newspaper: in the meantime if you have to read the text at an ever-increasing distance, then here is the vision impairement in the close range. From a certain point in time, usually between the age of 40 and 50, everyone depends on reading glasses. Even those who have never had to deal with this topic before.

The use of trifocal/multifocal lenses is a first-class method of correcting your presbyopia and enables you to live a life long without glasses. You can feel safe with us: EuroEyes has performed most trifocal lens implantations worldwide. The blade-free implantation is also carried out with the help of LenSx – the most advanced technology on the market.

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT TRIFOCAL AND MULTIFOCAL LENSES

Presbyopia typically develops between the ages of 40 and 50: small print becomes increasingly hard to read, and you become dependent on reading glasses. Even if you have suffered from nearsightedness or farsightedness earlier in your life, you will eventually develop presbyopia, and will need bifocals or several glasses.

The implantation of the multifocal lens, also known as multifocal intraocular lens, is a safe, precise, and tested procedure for the correction of presbyopia. Basically, the natural lens of the eye is replaced with an artificial lens. This Refractive Lens Exchange (RLE) is a proven procedure as it has been used for decades in cataract treatments. The cataract treatment is the most commonly performed surgery in the world. You can therefore approach your treatment with a clear conscience.

The multifocal lens is a highly developed artificial lens with several focal points, and it thereby enables clear vision in various distances – without the need for glasses. This well tolerated lens can permanently stay in the eye and is not visible. In addition to presbyopia the correction of myopia, farsightedness and astigmatism can be possible with artificial lenses.

You can feel safe with us: EuroEyes has performed the most intraocular lens implants in Germany and can prove many years of experience. Blade-free implantation is also performed using LenSx laser – the most advanced technology on the market.

THE UNIQUE PROPERTIES AND ADVANTAGES OF THE TRIFOCAL AND MULTIFOCAL LENSES

Painless, outpatient procedure
Restoration of the natural visual range
Lifelong freedom from glasses
Vision remains constant and no longer changes
Well-tolerated trifocal/multifocal lens can remain permanently in the eye
The lenses are not visible
Prevention of cataracts

Clinical studies show that 97% of all patients who received trifocal/multifocal lens exchange surgery on both eyes no longer need glasses ever after: reading, shopping, PC work, driving a car, also shaving and make-up application are finally possible again without glasses.

The trifocal and multifocal lenses used by EuroEyes are premium lenses that meet the highest quality standards:

high optical quality
less scattered light phenomena
fewer glare effects
better contrast vision under reduced light conditions (e.g. twilight and at night)

The Procedure

Treatment Procedure

Lens Features

1，Preparation of the eye The surgery is performed on an outpatient basis and usually takes 15 minutes per eye. Before the procedure, the eye is anesthetized with drops so that the patient does not feel any pain during refractive lens exchange. The eye is opened with a tiny corneal incision, which heals seamlessly.

2，Removal of the lens The anterior lens envelope is opened in a circular fashion. Then the lens core is removed. The rest of the lens envelope remains and serves as a ‘holding apparatus’ for the new lens.

3，The trifocal and multifocal lens Each patient receives a trifocal/multifocal lens that is ideally adapted to his or her individual needs. This well-tolerated artificial lens can remain permanently in the eye and is not visible.

4，Implantation of the trifocal and multifocal lens The surgeon inserts the new lens into the eye with an injector. The lens unfolds and is properly placed in the empty lens envelope by the surgeon. The trifocal/multifocal lens corrects presbyopia in addition to other existing vision disorders (near-, farsightedness and astigmatism).

THE PROPERTIES OF THE LATEST GENERATION OF LENSES ARE OUTSTANDING AND OFFER THE HIGHEST QUALITY

We use trifocal and multifocal lenses of the latest generation.
They have patented high-performance optics and open up the possibility for you to see in everyday life both at near and at medium distances and in the distance without aids.

The Trifocal Premium lenses are manufactured with computer-controlled diamond tools.
This means the highest possible precision and optical premium quality for you.

The optics of the lenses are manufactured using the patented SMP technology:
A special process reduces stray light phenomena, which always occur with trifocal/multifocal lenses, to an absolute minimum. The positive effect: less glare and fewer halos! Aspherical optics provide optimized image quality and improved contrast vision.

Lenses protect the sensitive retina and are optionally equipped with an extended light protection filter in addition to a UV filter.
This protective function is used in ophthalmology, especially for the prevention of macular degeneration (AMD). No matter whether presbyopia or cataract, whether nearsightedness, farsightedness or astigmatism, clinical studies show that 97% of people operated on no longer need glasses after implantation of trifocal and multifocal lenses.

PRECISION THANKS TO LASER

To enable an even greater accuracy and perfection, EuroEyes uses the LenSx® femtosecond laser for the surgical procedure, which takes several essential steps of the lens surgery that were previously performed manually by the surgeon.

This laser eye treatment used for lens exchange, allows a painless and precise dissection of different layers of tissue in the eye. It thus offers two advantages over the manual technique: first of all, the lens exchange is precise because the trifocal/multifocal lens can be positioned accurately, and second of all, safer because the laser incisions are more precise than hand-guided incisions.

EuroEyes is one of the first LASIK clinical groups in Germany to apply the LenSx® in the field of laser lens exchange.

Prof. Dr. Michael Knorz Professor of Ophthalmology at Heidelberg University in Germany More>>

Prof. Dr. Andriy Petrunya Eye surgeon and specialist in ophthalmology at the EuroEyes clinic group More>>

Dr.Jørn S. Jørgensen Founder of the EuroEyes Clinical Group More>>

Dr.Olesia Ziiatdinova Cataract and refractive surgeon Author of two patents More>>

Dr.Göran Helgason Professional experience in ophthalmology/positions More>>

How does trifocal/multifocal lens work?
Trifocal/multifocal Intraocular lenses (M-IOL) enable, by distributing the incoming light in three foci, a sharp vision for reading, intermediate distance and one for the far. The area between near and far can thereby usually be managed in everyday life without the need for glasses.

Who benefits most from trifocal and multifocal lenses?
For patients who have already reached presbyopia, which usually appears between the ages of 40 and 50. Suddenly, the arms are not long enough to hold a newspaper or a book far enough to make the letters appear clear – reading glasses become necessary. Even people who used to be nearsighted or farsighted when they were younger, will over the years also be affected by presbyopia.

Which problems can occur with trifocal/multifocal lenses?
Multifocal lenses can result in a slight loss of contrast. This often causes halos to appear around light sources. However, our brain learns to deal with such changes, and over time the affected patients will hardly notice them.

Trifocal lens exchange for presbyopia correction

TRIFOCAL-/MULTIFOCAL LENSES: NO MORE GLASSES, NO MORE READING GLASSES!

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT TRIFOCAL AND MULTIFOCAL LENSES

THE UNIQUE PROPERTIES AND ADVANTAGES OF THE TRIFOCAL AND MULTIFOCAL LENSES