METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING THE REFRACTIVE POWER OF AN IMPLANTED INTRAOCULAR LENS

摘要

A method for adjusting the refractive power of a fluid-filled intraocular lens implanted into a patient's eye. The method comprises selecting a pattern to cause a flattening of the intraocular lens or an increase in curvature of the intraocular lens, and ablating the pattern, onto either an optical element of the intraocular lens or a flexible element of the intraocular lens, to alter either one or both of a refractive power and an amplitude of accommodation of the intraocular lens. The ablating occurs while the intraocular lens remains implanted in the patient's eye. The ablating maintains the integrity of a fluid-filled interior cavity defined between the optical element and the flexible element, but causes the flattening of the intraocular lens or the increase in curvature of the intraocular lens.