Frank Ziemer, president and CEO of Ziemer
Ophthalmic Systems, cut a ribbon recently to formally open the new headquarters for Ziemer USA, Inc.
Ziemer USA is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ziemer
Ophthalmics and has occupied rented accommodations
in Alto…
CareCredit commemorated its 25th anniversary with
the 25 Years of Caring Sweepstakes, which celebrated
millions of patients who have chosen to use CareCredit
as a payment option to get desired care.
“Over the past 25 years, CareCredit has been chose…
Significant changes in cyclotorsion and centroid shifts
occurred before surgery as well as intraoperatively with
both LASIK and PRK, according to a study in the emJournal
of Refractive Surgery/em.sup1/sup
The researchers measured intraoperative cyclor…
Alcon Laboratories, Inc., introduced the WaveLight
EX500 excimer laser during the ASCRS meeting in Chicago.
The laser received approval from the FDA in December
2011.
With a reportedly faster speed and enhanced laserhead
life, the 500-Hz WaveLight EX5…
The iFS Femtosecond Laser (Abbott Medical Optics Inc.)
has received clearance from the FDA to create bow-shaped
or curved arcuate incisions in corneal surgery, including cataract
surgery.
With this new clearance, which was announced at the
ASCRS meeti…
Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc., was granted conditional approval
from the FDA to initiate a clinical trial in the United States
of the ReLEx smile procedure for the correction of myopia.
The ReLEx smile technique for refractive surgery combines
femtosecond …
In an exclusive interview with emCataract and Refractive Surgery
Today/em at the ASCRS meeting, surgeons Kerry K. Assil, MD;
Gustavo E. Tamayo, MD; and Ioannis Pallikaris, MD, PhD, said
that the Flexivue Microlens (Presbia Coöperatief UA, not
availabl…
With femtosecond-LASIK now in routine use for refractive surgery, this technology is poised to become the new standard of care for cataract removal — or will the price be too high? Medscape Medical News
SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–OptiMedica begins shipping the Catalys Precision Laser System for cataract surgery in the U.S. First U.S. patients have been treated at Mann Eye Institute in Houston.
Is it even possible to develop valid indicators for quality outcomes in cataract surgery? Medscape Ophthalmology
The innovators behind commercializing a world-first drug to slow cataract growth and to delay cataracts forming, have been named as one of five finalists in The University of Queensland (UQ) Business School’s $100,000 Enterprize business plan competiti…
PowerVision, Inc., a private company developing an accommodating intraocular lens, announced that it had added Medtronic to its list of investors in a recent closing of its Series C financing. Stephen Oesterle, MD, Senior Vice President, Medicine and T…
After more than a year and a half of negotiations, shareholders
of both Alcon, Inc. (Huenenberg, Switzerland) and
Novartis AG (Basel, Switzerland) have approved the merger
of the two companies. Alcon will become a newly formed
division within Novartis …
Essentially all patients have dry eyes at least transiently after LASIK.sup1/sup Dry eye disease is arguably the
most common problem facing refractive surgeons 2-4 today. Because the cornea overlying the flap is significantly anesthetic for 3…
Rayner Intraocular Lenses, Ltd. (East Sussex, United
Kingdom), was included in London’s Sunday Times
Pricewaterhouse Coopers Profit Track 100, “Ones to
Recognize,” which lists 10 companies that have either had or
predict good profit growth. In ad…
PI have performed tens of thousands of RK surgeries over the years, and I have had to provide excimer laser enhancements to some of these patients. This article reviews the necessary workup and discusses the appropriate options for treatment.
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Refractive astigmatism after cataract surgery in patients
with corneal astigmatism was significantly lower when a
toric IOL was implanted compared with a spherical IOL.1
Researchers conducted a retrospective review of clinical
records that included pat…
Infectious keratitis is a rare but sight-threatening complication of LASIK. Its incidence has risen during the past decade, and trends in causative organisms sup1/sup have shifted. The prompt diagnosis of the condition and the early initiation…
Merck and Co., Inc. (Whitehouse Station, New Jersey),
announced that it will acquire Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(Raleigh, North Carolina), for $430 million.
Under the terms of the agreement, Merck, through a subsidiary,
will commence a tender offer …
Prior to 1993, the most common technique for nuclear disassembly was probably divide and conquer. Surgeons would sculpt four trenches in the nucleus and then crack them apart to create four triangular segments,sup1/sup each of which was emulsi…