Inventors:
Stephen Pflugfelder - Houston TX, US
Ronald Gross - Houston TX, US
International Classification:
A61F002/14
Abstract:
A process for improving the vision of a patient's eye, in which the patient's eye includes a cornea includes the step of instilling a bio-compatible material to the cornea of the eye, in which the bio-compatible material includes bio-compatible molecules and the cornea has a first composite refractive index and a first optical power. In addition, the bio-compatible molecules alter the first composite refractive index to a second composite refractive index and the first optical power to a second optical power. In another embodiment, a process for treating presbyopia of a patient's eye, in which the patient's eye includes a cornea, is described. The process includes the step of instilling a bio-compatible molecule to the cornea of the eye, in which the bio-compatible material includes bio-compatible molecules and the cornea has a first composite refractive index and a first optical power. In addition, the bio-compatible molecules alter the first composite refractive index to a second composite refractive index and the first optical power to a second optical power.