Have you been increasingly struggling to read menus or the newspaper because you can’t make out the font? Or maybe you have to fumble for your eyeglasses before checking your iPhone because the screen always looks blurry?
If so, a tiny implantable lens may be able to help.
The KAMRA Inlay, is a small and thin lens that is implanted in the cornea via laser surgery. It measures 3.8 millimeters in diameter with a hole or aperture in the center that’s 1.6 millimeters.
“[It’s] about a third of the size of a standard contact lens, and it weighs less than a grain of sand,” said Dr. Steven Stetson, the medical director of the Diamond Vision clinics.
Dr. Stetson and his team began offering the procedure, which improves near vision, in May after they had sufficiently vetted it.
“We’re just so excited about the procedure,” Dr. Stetson said.
Dr. Stetson and Diamond Vision were specifically selected last year to perform the inlay procedure by AcuFocus, the medical device company that developed the technology. AcuFocus only selects the skilled surgeons and facilities that it knows and trusts, he said.
But Dr. Stetson deferred the opportunity because he wanted assurance that the KAMRA inlay was a safe option.
“I like the results that are coming out and I’m ready to jump in now with both feet,” he said. “I feel very confident about it.”
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In its current form, the inlay has been on the international market since 2009 but was only approved by the FDA last April. Dr. Stetson said that since then more than 2,000 inlays have been implanted in patients across the country with significant success.
