Patent ID: 9744029
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: A61F,A61N

Claim:
1. A method of preventing capsular opacification and fibrosis utilizing an accommodative intraocular lens implant, said method comprising the steps of: removing a cortex and nucleus of a natural lens containing a cataract from a lens capsule of an eye of a patient; after the cortex and nucleus of the natural lens with the cataract has been removed, applying a photosensitizer inside the lens capsule so that the photosensitizer permeates a portion of the lens capsule, the photosensitizer facilitating cross-linking of the tissue in the portion of the lens capsule; irradiating the portion of the lens capsule so as to activate cross-linkers in the tissue in the portion of the lens capsule, and thereby damage the remaining lens epithelial cells in the lens capsule with the irradiated light so as to prevent capsular opacification and fibrosis; and after the tissue in the portion of the lens capsule has been irradiated, injecting a transparent polymer into the lens capsule of the eye in order to form an accommodative intraocular lens for replacing the cortex and nucleus of the natural lens that was removed from the eye.