Lens Implants & Visian™ for Vision Correction at
East Lyme Laser Vision Center in Connecticut

Lens Implants for vision correction may provide an excellent opportunity to achieve freedom from the hassle of glasses and contact lenses.

A recent advance in Lens Implant procedures for vision correction is Phakic Lens Implant Surgery. With Phakic Lens Implants, it is possible to leave the natural Crystalline Lens in place, and insert a tiny Lens in front of your natural Lens. This allows your vision to be corrected almost as if we were implanting a contact lens. For patients who are extremely nearsighted and told that they are not candidates for LASIK or any type of corneal laser eye surgery, Drs. Koch and Negrey may recommend the Visian™ Implantable Collamer Lens (ICL) to correct your vision.

The Visian™ Implantable Collamer Lens (ICL)

The Visian™ Implantable Collamer Lens (ICL) is a soft gel like Phakic Lens Implant much like an implantable contact lens. Unlike Lens Implants (IOL) used during Cataract Surgery, the Visian™ ICL does not replace the eye's natural lens. Instead, the Visian™ ICL is placed between the Iris and the natural lens. Because Visian™ does not replace the lens, but supplements it like a prescription contact lens, it is sometimes referred to as an implantable contact lens.

The Visian™ ICL gives Drs. Koch and Negrey another option for correcting myopia or nearsightedness-particularly for those who are not candidates for LASIK or other types of corneal laser eye surgery. Although the Visian™ ICL is often informally defined as an “Implantable Contact Lens”, the "ICL" in the Visian™ ICL stands for "Implantable Collamer Lens" indicating the unique material that comprises the lens.

The Visian™ ICL is made from “Collamer”, a unique, highly biocompatible organic lens material, designed especially for the Visian™ Lens. The Visian™ ICL is foldable, requiring only a tiny incision. The tiny incision is so small that it does not require sutures and allows for a quick, comfortable recovery.

Although the Visian™ ICL is meant to stay in the eye indefinitely, in the event that overcorrection or undercorrection occurs, a complication develops, or a patient's vision changes, the Visian™ ICL can be removed or exchanged by Drs. Koch and Negrey.