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Old September 26th 07, 12:25 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Cataracts for soaring

On 9/25/07 10:21 AM, in article , "Steve
Davis" wrote:

There seem to be 3 newer styles of lenses for cataract
surgery.
Crystalens, ReZoom and ReStor all help to restore near
and far vision. The ReZoom and ReStore lenses have
a limitation for commercial and private pilots but
the Crystalens doesn't seem to have this. Any recommendations?




Do your research before getting any of these. Crystallens only accommodates
up to about 1.5 diopters, so if your current cheaters are more than that,
they won't have the range you need for near vision (assuming far vision is
properly corrected).

Basically, these are version 1 of the accommodating intraocular lenses. Wait
until they work through the problems, and refine the designs.