No more spectacles
Novel lens for a spectacle-free life
The Lumina can restore your full range of vision
Restoring vision without the use of spectacles
AkkoLens has developed the Lumina lens, an accommodative intraocular lens (AIOL) that can restore vision and accommodation. The Lumina allows you to see sharp images at all distances without the use of spectacles.
Cataract and presbyopia
The latest innovation in the field of ophthalmology has made it possible to improve the vision of patients undergoing cataract and presbyopia surgery. Until now, multifocal lenses were the only ones that allowed the restoration of near and far vision after cataract or presbyopia surgery. But these lenses are not physiological and do not focus at certain distances, that is, they do not accommodate. Thus, thanks to the new accommodative intraocular lens (AIOL) Lumina, they will be able to recover the full range of vision and accommodation without having to wear glasses, also allowing them to see clear images at all distances, including up close.
Dr. Jorge Alió has participated for 14 years as principal investigator and director of the studies that have led to the development of this new technology. In Spain, he is the only certified ophthalmologist who has implanted this lens patented by AkkoLens, a Dutch company dedicated to the development of intraocular lenses. Since 2024, it has been marketed in Europe with the CE marking. The Professor of Ophthalmology and Honorary Researcher at the Miguel Hernández University (UMH) in Elche has already implanted more than 250 lenses in the successive clinical studies carried out.
Dr. Jorge Alió has been involved for 14 years in the development of the innovative Lumina accommodative intraocular lens (AIOL)
He is the only ophthalmologist in Spain who implants this lens in cases of cataracts and presbyopia, which adapts to the patient to restore their full range of vision.
The Lumina offers a complete solution
The Lumina offers sharp vision over a full range of distances, intermediate and near without compromising contrast sensitivity and without irritating side effects such as haloes and glare.
Concept of the Lumina – shifting optics
The Lumina lens, with high-quality variable optics, is based on the optical principle of Alvarez, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1953. Clinical trials have confirmed its safety and optical efficacy, making it an alternative to multifocal lenses (MIOLs) and extended depth of focus intraocular lenses (EDOF) in the correction of aphakia. “Lumina is the first AIOL that has consistently demonstrated an increase in the accommodative response for at least 48 months of the study, with accommodation preserved after YAG laser capsulotomy,” explains Jorge Alió.
The Lumina lens has two integrated, connected, optical elements to adjust the sharpness of your vision.
One element has a lens to provide sharp vision at far and both elements have precisely designed surfaces to provide a variable lens for intermediate and near vision.
As the muscle in the eye contracts and relaxes during the normal accommodating process, the elements shift to focus at your desired distance.
Another advantage is the design of lenses that are precisely adapted to the patient thanks to proprietary software for calculating their optical power. The diameter of the lens is personalised for each eye using the specialised AkkoScope® device, a method that has already proven its effectiveness. The precision in measuring the diameter of the edge of the iris is such that after applying small correction factors, it accurately determines the diameter of the groove.
For the study, recently reported in scientific media, Prof. Jorge Alió included 50 eyes of 25 patients, aged between 40 and 81, diagnosed with clinical cataract. “A higher than expected capacity was observed in tasks at near and intermediate distances according to the measured accommodative response. This finding suggests the presence of a certain degree of pseudoaccommodation, in addition to real accommodation,” confirms the director of the clinical trials. The contrast sensitivity results also confirmed good visual performance, as no complications occurred during postoperative follow-up.