Research interests

Intraocular lenses (IOL) 

The implantation of intraocular lenses into the eye is an integral part of today´s ophthalmological treatment. There are two major applications:

• as a replacement of the natural lens (cataract or refractive surgery)
• as an addition to the natural lens or to an already implanted artificial lens (refractive surgery)

As a standard procedure, monofocal implants are used that are able to correct short- or far-sightedness; that means they only produce one focal point. With further developments of intraocular lenses it is now also possible to correct several refractive errors with one lens, e.g. astigmatism and/or presbyopia.

Important areas of our clinical research are:

• Certification of new intraocular lenses (specially for the correction of presbyopia)
• Analysis of optical quality
• Calculation of intraocular lens power (biometry)