The invention provides for an inflatableintra ocular lens/lens retainer or a system of inflatablein-tra ocular lens/lens retainers, which are fitted into anapha-kic eye, to substantially occupy the space previously heldby the crystalline lens to retain and secure the position ofdelicate intra ocular structures of the eye. The inflatablelens/lens retainer may also be used suspend optical inter-facesalong the visual axis of the eye. The inflatable intraocular lens/lens retainer may be pressed against residualelements of the lens capsule to re-establish accommoda-tion.In the absence of a lens capsule, the inflatable intraocular lens/lens retainer may be compressed directly bythe ciliary muscle to alter the refractive state of the eye.
