Johnson & Johnson Vision Introduces Tecnis Symfony OptiBlue EDOF IOL, the Latest PC-IOL Powered by InteliLight Technology

Johnson & Johnson Vision announced availability of a new presbyopia-correcting IOL (PC-IOL) powered by InteliLight technology, Tecnis Symfony OptiBlue IOL. This extended depth-of-focus (EDOF) lens expands presbyopia correction to more patients and joins Tecnis Synergy IOL, a high-performance hybrid lens designed for spectacle independence in the InteliLight portfolio. These two complementary products are designed to deliver superior contrast and low-light performance across the PC-IOL category.[1,2,3] The InteliLight portfolio will be on display at the 2022 American Academy of Ophthalmology's Annual Meeting (AAO) in Chicago, Sept. 30-Oct. 3.

“My goal as an eye care professional is to deliver the best outcomes for my patients, and to help them get back to some of the activities many of us take for granted — driving at night, going up and down the stairs in their homes in dim light, or just going out at night and enjoying dinner at a restaurant, all with less risk[5],” Karolinne Rocha,MD, PhD, MUSC/Storm Eye Institute, Charleston, South Carolina, said in a company news release. “In my practice we’ve seen Tecnis Symfony OptiBlue IOL deliver good image contrast in the day and night, at all distances. Best of all, it has a minimized dysphotopsia profile that gives me the comfort I need to recommend presbyopia correction to more patients."

Tecnis Symfony OptiBlue IOL is powered by InteliLight, an innovative combination of three Johnson & Johnson Vision proprietary technologies: violet-light filter, echelette design, and achromatic technology. The technology was first introduced in the Tecnis Synergy IOL.

• Violet-Light Filter: Blocks the shortest wavelengths of light that produce the most light scatter,[6],[7],[8] helping to mitigate halo, glare, and starbursts,9,10,11,[9] and minimize visual disturbances when driving at night.[10]
• Echelette Design: Helps reduce light scattering and halo intensity, {9,12} making it easier to see digital devices. [10,11]
• Achromatic Technology: Corrects chromatic aberration for better contrast day and night8,[11] and superior performance across every distance.[2,3]

The Tecnis PC-IOL portfolio powered by InteliLight is now available for ophthalmologists to use in the US and select countries in EMEA. The lenses in the portfolio, Tecnis Synergy IOL and Tecnis Symfony OptiBlue IOL, are also available in Toric II for excellent rotational stability[12] for patients with astigmatism. To learn more about the InteliLight portfolio, visit https://www.jnjvisionpro.com/intelilight in the U.S. 

References

[1] World Health Organization - Priority Eye Diseases. REF 2016 OTH 0004.