Ophthalmic devices, system and methods that improve peripheral vision

1. A method of improving vision quality in a human eye at locations spaced away from the fovea, the human eye having an artificial intraocular lens disposed therein, the method comprising:

accessing an anterior chamber of the human eye;

advancing a lens shifter into the anterior chamber, the lens shifter comprising an intraocular lens surface contact member and a peripheral ocular tissue contact member;

placing a free end of the peripheral ocular tissue contact member in contact with peripheral ocular tissue of the anterior chamber at a first location along an anterior-posterior direction, the tissue contact member disposed in a direction posteriorly and radially inwardly toward the optical axis of the eye to the intraocular lens surface contact member to a second location along an anterior-posterior direction at which the tissue contact member is coupled with the intraocular lens surface contact member;

coupling the intraocular lens surface contact member with an anterior surface of the artificial intraocular lens; and

releasing the lens shifter in the anterior chamber such that the lens shifter reaches a rest state after displacing the principle plane of the artificial intraocular lens posteriorly by a distance d, whereby peripheral image quality of the eye is improved,

wherein the lens shifter comprises a piggyback lens, and

wherein the artificial intraocular lens is disposed in the lens capsule of the human eye.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising modifying the lens capsule of the human eye to reduce the stiffness of the lens capsule.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein modifying the lens capsule comprises ablating a region of the anterior lens capsule.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein ablating includes removing anterior portions of the anterior capsule nasally and/or temporally of the artificial intraocular lens.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein ablating includes removing a region of the lens capsule between an optic of the artificial intraocular lens and a portion of a haptic of the artificial intraocular lens thereof.

6. The method of claim 3 , wherein ablating includes removing a region of the lens capsule that is larger than a capsulorhexis of the human eye.

7. The method of claim 3 , wherein ablating includes creating a plurality of apertures smaller than a capsulorhexis of the human eye.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising ablating more than 20 apertures smaller than a capsulorhexis of the human eye.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the apertures are circumferentially elongated.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising modifying a posterior portion of the lens capsule to create space prior to releasing the lens shifter.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein modifying a posterior portion of the lens capsule includes removing at least a portion of a posterior capsule.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein modifying a posterior portion of the lens capsule includes removing at least a portion of a vitreous capsule.