Based in Strasbourg, France, CRISTABLANK was founded in 2009 to develop an innovative hydrophobic acrylic material used in the manufacture of intraocular implants for cataract treatment.
After a research and development phase followed by pilot testing, the industrial scale chemical production of CBK 1.8 and CBJ 1.8 went into operation in 2013.
The manufacturing process generates a material with:
- a very low level of impurities.
- optimisation of the refractive index to reduce the optical thickness of the implant.
- great flexibility.
CRISTABLANK currently has 13 employees working in the management, production, quality and maintenance sectors.
Most of the staff have a chemical background and are technicians, engineers or have a PhD.
CRISTABLANK is ISO 13485-certified (quality management system for the medical device industry) and supplies 100% of CRISTALENS INTERNATIONAL hydrophobic raw materials.
