Eye Depot 426 Manatee Ave W, Bradenton 34205 Blake Medical Center 2020 59Th Street Ct West, Bradenton 34209 Manatee Memorial Hospital 206 2Nd Street Ct East, Bradenton 34208
Education:
Medical School University of Kentucky Graduated: 1978 U Ky Med Ctr
Daniel Ball Pope, Bradenton FL
Specialties:
Ophthalmologist
Address:
426 Manatee Ave W, Bradenton, FL 34205
Education:
University of Kentucky, College of Medicine - Doctor of Medicine
Board certifications:
American Board of Ophthalmology Certification in Ophthalmology
Multifocus Intraocular Lens
US Patent:
4720286, Jan 19, 1988
Filed:
Jul 20, 1984
Appl. No.:
6/632863
Inventors:
Kelvin E. Bailey - Lexington KY Daniel B. Pope - Bradenton FL
International Classification:
A61F 216
US Classification:
623 6
Abstract:
An intraocular lens that internally alters its focal length with the position of the eye with respect to the horizontal. The lens is comprised of a solid transparent material having a hollow lenticule that encompasses the optical zone of the eye. The lenticule is connected with fluid reservoirs above and below it, and the reservoirs also are interconnected by channels on both sides of the lenticule. By moving fluids of different indices of refraction through the lenticule, the lens can be made to change its power. When the eye is in the horizontal position, the index of refraction of the fluid occupying the lenticule is such that distant objects are in focus, and when the eye is inclined 45. degree. -90. degree. from the horizontal as for reading, the index of refraction of a different fluid occupying the lenticule is such that near objects are in focus.