Patent 8012204 was granted and assigned to Novartis on September, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A two optic accommodative lens system wherein at least one of the optics is deformable. When compressed by the capsular bag, the two optics press against each other, deforming at least one of the optics. As a result, the interface where the two optics meet changes shape, thereby altering the refractive power of the lens system.