Flexivue Micro-Lens for Presbyopia Debuts

November 29, 2009

This fall, Presbia Cooperatief U.A. unveiled an implantable micro-lens for treatment of presbyopia called the Flexivue System.

The Flexivue lens is 3mm in diameter and is implanted in the corneal stroma.

In a 10-minute procedure, a laser creates a pocket in the cornea, where the lens is placed with a special device created by Presbia. The pocket seals itself, and the lens can stay in place permanently or can be removed if the patient becomes more presbyopic and needs a stronger prescription.

The implantation is done only in the non-dominant eye, for closeup viewing, with the dominant eye used for distance vision.

The FDA has not approved this treatment, but the company plans to begin clinical trials in several European countries this quarter.