The following new technologies were reviewed at the AAO meeting in October 2010 for addressing presbyopia – the progressive deterioration of near vision that afflicts most individuals after age 45:

• an intracorneal bifocal corrective lens called Flexivue from Presbia Corp., which is inserted under the cornea;
• an implant called AcuFocus that that reduces the effective pupillary diameter to create a pinhole effect that improves focus; and
• a 20-second procedure using a femtosecond laser to make concentric circular cuts in the stroma to achieve the desired refractive correction.

Read more ^[1] about these new technologies on MedPage Today.