Alcon announces preloaded delivery system for CyPass micro-stent

WASHINGTON — Alcon announced a new preloaded delivery system for the CyPass micro-stent, designed to streamline the process of loading the microinvasive glaucoma surgery device.
The CyPass Ultra System, indicated for use in adult patients with mild to moderate primary open-angle glaucoma who require cataract surgery, comes preloaded with a CyPass micro-stent housed in a loader tip. The tip is attached to a handheld applier.
“It reduces the number of steps required to load the device. The existing configuration, right now, there’s a separate mechanism where you take an applier,

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