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Eye Implants
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June 4, 2001
What if life looked blurry? Crossing the street could be catastrophic. Driving a car would be deadly. Even your own neighborhood would be a blur.
That's what Ed Reilly's world was like without his glasses. He says, “I couldn't walk. I definitely couldn't drive a car. Couldn’t write on a piece of paper unless I held it very close.”
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Since he was six, Ed Reilly was burdened with thick glasses and uncomfortable, hard contacts. He says, “There's so much distortion in the image in what I would see in the glasses. There's more eye strain, there's much less peripheral vision."
He was so nearsighted that even lasik surgery wasn't an option. But his choice became clear when he met Dr. Robert Maloney, a pioneer in the field of eye research.
This is Dr. Maloney's prescription for perfect vision. A contact lens that's implanted directly inside the eye. Dr. Maloney says, “You never have to clean it, you never have to remove it, it corrects your vision forever.”
It's called an Artisan Lens. Doctors hope this will be the newest way to solve severe vision problems. Dr. Maloney says, “I think it's revolutionary. I think implantable contact lenses are the way of the future.”
Five weeks ago Ed had the lens put into his right eye. Ed says, "With my implanted contact I can see the address over there just fine.”
Now it's time to fix his left eye.
The procedure takes 25 minutes. While the patient's under general anesthesia an incision is made in the iris. A contact lens is slipped inside the eye, secured in place and the incision is closed.
Ed's full recovery will take a few weeks. For now he's
just happy to see his family ... without the glasses.
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This
procedure is in the FDA clinical testing phase.
For more information on when it will be widely
available for patients contact:
Dr. Maloney of The Maloney Vision Institute @
(310) 208-3937 or email info@maloneyvision.com
Maloney
Vision Institute
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