Toward New Engagement Paradigms For Intraocular Lenses: Light-Initiated Bonding of Capsular Bag to Lens Materials.

Purpose: Successful intraocular lens procedures, that is, implantation of accommodating intraocular lenses (A-IOL), require firm engagement of the IOL haptics to the capsular bag. We evaluated the use of photochemical bonding to engage IOL materials to the capsular bag.

Methods: Freshly enucleated eyes of New Zealand rabbits were used in two types of photobonding experiments using Rose Bengal (RB) photoinitiation and green light (532-nm) irradiation.