The standard monofocal IOL allows for the correction of near or far-sightedness, but NOT astigmatism.  For people without significant astigmatism, this lens gives either good uncorrected near or distance vision, but not both.  

A toric lens is specially designed to correct astigmatism, along with near or far-sightedness. For people with significant astigmatism, this lens gives either good uncorrected near or distance vision, but not both.

Astigmatism is a warpage of the front surface of the eye, known as the cornea. In a cornea without astigmatism, the surface curvature is much like a baseball or a basketball, in that it has the same curve in all axes. In other words, the cornea is spherical. In an astigmatic cornea, the surface is more like a football, with a steep axis and a shallow axis.

The Panoptix lens is also known as a multifocal, or trifocal, lens. It has the capability to provide excellent distance, intermediate, and near vision in people with or without astigmatism. Near and intermediate range vision with this lens is quite dependent on lighting conditions, and can be quite limited in dim light.

This lens has a number of concentric rings on its surface that divide incoming light so that 50% is devoted to distance vision, 25% to intermediate (computer, dashboard), and 25% to near (reading).

This lens works best when paired with another Panoptix or Vivity lens in the fellow eye. We never recommend this lens be paired with a standard monofocal IOL.

The Panoptix lens does require very healthy focus areas in the retina, free of any significant macular degeneration, as well as a clear cornea, free of any central scarring.

Very rarely, this lens can cause haloes and glare when night driving. Most people tolerate this very well, but this might not be the best lens for someone who drives a lot at night.

Differing from the technologies used by all other IOLs in the market, the Vivity Lens’ novel X-Wave technology creates an extended focal range by stretching and shifting the wavefront, rather than splitting the wavefront into multiple focal points as diffractive multifocal lenses do.

By using all available light, this IOL maintains the same vision quality as a monofocal IOL. The Vivity lens offers excellent distance vision, intermediate sharp vision for active lifestyles, and fair quality vision for close-up daily activities.   The near vision with a Vivity is not quite as good as with a Panoptix, but, for most everyday purposes, it is more than adequate.

This cutting-edge new lens can be used in patients who have not previously been candidates for premium intraocular lenses due to macular puckers, macular degeneration or other pathology. This lens has no increased glare after surgery, so it is a great option for patients who may be concerned about the glare with other multifocal lenses.  Only two percent of Vivity patients have starbursts, while one percent have halos. Around zero percent were bothered extensively by glare. Up to 80 percent never experience any glare with the IOL.  These statistics are very similar to the standard monofocal IOL.

Vivity also works very well in people with astigmatism. 

Patients have high quality vision from distance to functional near, which is a vast improvement compared to the standard monofocal lens.

This lens has a number of concentric rings on its surface that divide incoming light so that 50% is devoted to distance vision, 25% to intermediate (computer, dashboard), and 25% to near (reading).

This lens works best when paired with another Panoptix or Vivity lens in the fellow eye.  We never recommend this lens be paired with a standard monofocal IOL.

The Panoptix lens does require very healthy focus areas in the retina, free of any significant macular degeneration, as well as a clear cornea, free of any central scarring.

Very rarely, this lens can cause haloes and glare when night driving.  Most people tolerate this very well, but this might not be the best lens for someone who drives a lot at night.