Patent ID: 6413276
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A method of correcting at least one of optical aberrations and optical abnormalities within an optical system of an eye having either one of a multi-component intraocular lens, a compound intraocular lens and a pair of single component intraocular lenses previously implanted therein for visual rehabilitation, the multi-component intraocular lens and compound intraocular lens each having at least one removable component, the method comprising the steps of:measuring and defining the optical aberrations and optical abnormalities within the optical system; removing the at least one removable component of either one of the multi-component intraocular lens and the compound intraocular lens after measuring and defining the optical aberrations and optical abnormalities; modifying the at least one surface using a surface modifier to eliminate the optical aberrations and optical abnormalities after removing the at least one removable component of either one of the multi-component intraocular lens and the compound intraocular lens; and reinserting the modified one of the multi-component intraocular lens and compound intraocular lens into the optical system of the eye.