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Article: New AcrySof[R] IQ Toric IOL Approved for U.S. Patients with Cataracts and Astigmatism.
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- March 2, 2009
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Innovative Lens Provides Better Distance Vision for Cataract Surgery Patients
HUENENBERG, Switzerland -- Alcon, Inc. (NYSE: ACL), the world's leader in eye care and cataract surgery announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved its aspheric AcrySof([R]) IQ Toric intraocular lens (IOL). The new lens offers an enhanced aspheric optic that improves image quality and increases contrast sensitivity in cataract surgery patients with astigmatism. The innovative lens design offers these patients the best opportunity for quality distance vision without glasses.
"With the addition of asphericity to the AcrySof([R]) Toric lens, which was ...