KAMRA Inlay

1 00:00:11.760 --> 00:00:18.860 KAMRA inlay is a new procedure just recently FDA approved in the US. 2 00:00:18.880 --> 00:00:22.340 It has been performed on patients 3 00:00:22.370 --> 00:00:27.660 across the world for many years, but it was FDA approved in the US. 4 00:00:27.690 --> 00:00:29.260 Last year. 5 00:00:29.290 --> 00:00:32.220 This is a procedure that can be done 6 00:00:32.250 --> 00:00:39.100 in combination with Lasic or cataract surgery, where we implant a small thin 7 00:00:39.130 --> 00:00:45.220 disc into the cornea that allows focus light to penetrate the cornea, 8 00:00:45.250 --> 00:00:51.060 allowing you to eliminate the need for reading glasses in patients that are 9 00:00:51.090 --> 00:00:55.500 over the age of 40 and are in the presbyopic range. 10 00:00:55.530 --> 00:01:02.220 Prespiopia is a condition that occurs as we enter our 40s, where we no longer have 11 00:01:02.250 --> 00:01:08.290 the ability to focus close and have the need now for Bifocals or reading glasses. 12 00:01:08.320 --> 00:01:11.460 One of the newer procedures for presbyopia 13 00:01:11.490 --> 00:01:16.380 is the KAMRA inlay, where we use a laser to make a pocket 14 00:01:16.410 --> 00:01:22.460 into the cornea, implant a small thin inlay 15 00:01:22.490 --> 00:01:29.290 into the cornea, which allows only focused light through that aperture of the inlay, 16 00:01:29.320 --> 00:01:34.340 thereby preventing the need for reading glasses. 17 00:01:34.370 --> 00:01:37.140 The KAMRA inlay procedure is a safe, 18 00:01:37.170 --> 00:01:42.820 painless procedure that can be done in combination 19 00:01:42.850 --> 00:01:49.780 with Lasic, PRK, or even in patients that have previously had cataract surgery. 20 00:01:49.810 --> 00:01:54.700 KAMRA inlay can be utilized in patients that have good distance vision 21 00:01:54.730 --> 00:01:59.490 but are unable to focus at near and are now in the need of reading glasses. 22 00:01:59.520 --> 00:02:02.020 It is also good for those patients 23 00:02:02.050 --> 00:02:07.260 that utilize Bifocals, however, they may need LASIK in addition 24 00:02:07.290 --> 00:02:11.500 to the KAMRA inlay to remove their distance prescription. 25 00:02:11.530 --> 00:02:16.890 One of the largest benefits to KAMRA inlay is the fact that we can now improve 26 00:02:16.920 --> 00:02:20.260 near vision without disrupting the distance vision. 27 00:02:20.290 --> 00:02:25.610 This replaces the need for previous treatments of monovision during Lasic, 28 00:02:25.640 --> 00:02:28.980 where we would improve one eye for distance and one eye for near, 29 00:02:29.010 --> 00:02:32.860 and in the near eye, you would have decreased distance vision. 30 00:02:32.890 --> 00:02:37.500 Now when we do KAMRA inlay, you preserve both eyes distance vision 31 00:02:37.530 --> 00:02:43.100 and now have the ability to focus up close without reading glasses or Bifocals. 32 00:02:43.130 --> 00:02:46.540 That is a major benefit to the KAMRA 33 00:02:46.570 --> 00:02:53.260 inlay because now you don't lose or have any impairment of depth perception. 34 00:02:53.290 --> 00:02:57.540 That sometimes can happen in a patient that has had one eye corrected 35 00:02:57.570 --> 00:03:03.420 for distance, one eye corrected for near, and either contact lenses or LASIK. 36 00:03:03.450 --> 00:03:07.580 Recovery time is usually 37 00:03:07.610 --> 00:03:14.020 four to six weeks to obtain your final vision, but most patients enjoy 38 00:03:14.050 --> 00:03:20.580 an improvement in their near vision immediately after the procedure. 39 00:03:20.610 --> 00:03:22.610 If you'd like more information on KAMRA 40 00:03:22.640 --> 00:03:26.960 in lay, please call my office and make an appointment for a free evaluation.