Clareon PanOptix and Vivity will be available this year
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alcon just released this today. US launch first and followed by world wide release.
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Notes on Clareon PanOptix and Vivity will be available this year
john20510 soks
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l am having surgery with vivity at the end of this year, should l wait for the new vivity to come out, l dont care about the glistening , but l want the best possible distance contrast and best quality distance vision, should l wait for the new vivity , will it give me better contrast and vision then the old vivity
soks john20510
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vivity clareon will be in US this month. i dont know how it compares to acrysof except it should have lower incidence of glistenings.
Guest john20510
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I think if the contrast had improved Alcon would be saying so. I assume the contrast is the same. The new material simply won't potentially LOSE any contrast over the decades as it's more robust (no glistenings)
tim59572 soks
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im getting the clareon vivity in the morning. im a little nervous
soks tim59572
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good luck. let us know how it goes.
john20510 tim59572
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How did you go with the vivity
Ainhoa14814 soks
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My doctor has recommemded the Vivity lenses to me. I live in Spain, and there is only available the Vivity Acrisof. I have read several papers about glistenings in the Acrysof material and I am quite concerned about it. It seems that they are more frequent with changes in temperature, or high temperatures, as where I live. Does somebody have some experience with this?
RonAKA Ainhoa14814
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I have an AcrySof IQ lens in my right eye for over two years now. I have a Clareon in my left eye for a couple of months. I don't see any glistenings in the AcrySof lens, and I never expect to see them. I believe this a manufacturing problem that Alcon has solved. The competitors of Alcon love to use it to dis the product though. Have a read of this article which does a good job of documenting how Alcon has overcome this glistenings issue, which was significant years ago. My understanding of the issue is that voids are left in the plastic material which fill with fluid over time. The cure is to make the lens without voids. I don't think it has anything to do with temperature, . Your body controls the temperature of the lens within a very narrow constant range despite what the temperature outside may be. If your body does not control temperature you have a lot more serious problems than glistenings!
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David J Apple Laboratory Glistening through the years