The FDA approved the EVO/EVO+ Visian implantable Collamer lens for the correction of myopia and myopia with astigmatism, according to a press release from STAAR Surgical.
The EVO lenses are implanted in the posterior chamber, behind the iris and in front of the patient’s natural crystalline lens. A preoperative peripheral iridotomy, which was required with earlier versions of the Visian ICL, is not needed with the EVO.
STAAR chief medical officer Scott D. Barnes, MD, said the EVO lens will be an important tool for surgeons who are looking to (Read more...)