The world’s first spiral intraocular lenses (IOLs) designed with artificial intelligence (AI) – the RayOne Galaxy and Galaxy Toric – have been launched to the market at this year’s European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) Congress in Barcelona.
Created by Rayner, the RayOne Galaxy IOL comes to market precisely 75 years after the company pioneered the very first IOL with Sir Harold Ridley, a milestone being celebrated throughout 2024. As in 1949, Rayner has partnered with a leading ophthalmologist, this time Dr João Lyra from Brazil, to develop this innovative full range of vision IOL.
However, unlike in 1949, a proprietary AI engine trained on patient outcomes has been used to help create the IOL’s unique spiral, which delivers a continuous full range of vision with minimised dysphotopsia, achieved through a non-diffractive optic with 0% light loss.
Tim Clover, Rayner CEO, said the RayOne Galaxy is a “real-world example” of how AI can impact patient lives, enabling patients to see without glasses.
“Launching the world’s first spiral optic lens on the 75th anniversary of the world’s first IOL feels poetic and I’m proud that Rayner is still at the forefront of technology, partnering with innovative surgeons from all over the world and making a difference to the life of millions of patients every year,” said Mr Clover.
Clinical investigations with RayOne Galaxy began earlier this year, in collaboration with eight leading surgeons from around the world and key research labs in Europe and Brazil.
One of them, Allon Barsam, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon and Director at OCL Vision in London, said patient feedback had been “overwhelmingly positive with patients reading without glasses and thrilled with their quality of vision”.
RayOne Galaxy is immediately available in toric powers and comes fully preloaded across the entire power range in the same single-use injector system as the rest of the RayOne family of lenses.