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EndoSerter for Corneal Endothelium Delivery OK’ed in USA
Ocular Systems of Winston-Salem, NC has received FDA clearance for its EndoSerter corneal endothelium delivery device. The EndoSerter delivers an endothelial allograft ≤ 8.5mm in diameter and ≤ 175µm in central thickness via a 4mm incisi…
Novabay commences NVC-422 catheter Phase 2 trial to treat UCBE
NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company developing its first-in-class, anti-infective Aganocide compounds for the local non-systemic treatment and prevention of antibiotic-resistant infections, today provided an update on …
Corneal Transplant Offers Substantial Vision Improvement For Children
Teens, children, and even infants sometimes require corneal transplants, although most such surgeries are performed in adults. Australian researchers led by Keryn A…
NEI/FDA conference to analyze functional vision outcomes from clinical trials of visual prostheses
The National Eye Institute and Food and Drug Administration are sponsoring a conference to determine how functional vision-related endpoints for clinical trials of visual prostheses will be analyzed and correlated with objective measures of visual acui…
Visual Prostheses: Symposium To Explore Combining Functional Endpoints And Objective Visual Measures For Clinical Trials
The National Eye Institute (NEI) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are sponsoring a conference to determine how functional vision-related endpoints for clinical trials of visual prostheses will be analyzed and correlated with objective measures of…
Curious Snapshot Of Powerful Retinal Pigment And Its Partners
Science fiction novelist and scholar Issac Asimov once said, “The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’ but ‘That’s funny.’ ” This recently rang true for an international team of researchers whe…
EndoSerter for Corneal Endothelium Delivery OK’ed in USA
Ocular Systems of Winston-Salem, NC has received FDA clearance for its EndoSerter corneal endothelium delivery device. The EndoSerter delivers an endothelial allograft ≤ 8.5mm in diameter and ≤ 175µm in central thickness via a 4mm incision.
Maximizing the Benefits of Topical Therapy
The options for the topical medical therapy of
glaucoma have greatly increased during the past
3 decades. The introduction of new classes of
medication, often with several choices within a
class, lower IOP more effectively than ever before. Th…
5 Questions with Louis R. Pasquale, MD
strongWhat drew you to epidemiology?/strongbr /
In answering this question, I like to recount the story of
the Broad Street pump. In 1850, people in London were
dying of diarrheal illness at an alarming rate. Dr. John Snow
used the basic…
TrueVision 3D Systems Receives Clearance for Image-Guided Ophthalmic Surgery
TrueVision Systems, Inc. (Santa Barbara, California),
received 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) to market the TrueVision 3D
Visualization and Guidance System, according to a company
news release.
Launched in 2008, the Tru…
CHIEF MEDICAL EDITOR’S PAGE: Resident Education
Certain indelible moments define who we are
and have profound consequences (good or
bad) on our lives. For example, I will never forget
being in the OR when the World Trade
Center was attacked or when my wife, Marleen, roused
me at 3:00 AM ou…
Word From the Cutting Edge
Early in March 2011, emGlaucoma Today/em held the
third annual Cutting Edge: Innovative Glaucoma
Surgery Symposium. Iqbal Ike Ahmed, MD, and
Richard Lewis, MD, served as the course directors
of this 1-day event that brought together clinic…
TrueVision 3D HD for Teaching and Training
From personal cameras and video recorders to mainstream
television, imaging in every aspect of our
lives has moved to a digital platform. In the ophthalmic
OR, procedures are commonly viewed and
recorded in two dimensions through secondary vie…
Optimizing Glaucoma Practice Models
h3After the Accountable
Care Act, physicians face
a new world./h3
strongBy William L. Rich III, MD/strongbr /
The passage of the Patient Protection and
Accountable Care Act (ACA) in 2010 marked
the culmination of the US government…
RETINAWS 2010
RETINAWS was presented on Saturday evening,
May 1, 2010, in the Fort Lauderdale Convention
Center. Below you will find a brief description of
cases presented. RETINAWS was recorded live
and can be watched on www.eyetube.net/Retinaws. We
would like to t…
Increasing Efficiency in the Office and OR
One topic that all of us have a significant financial
interest in is improving office and OR efficiency.
Implementing a few simple strategies to
streamline examinations in the office and
ensure safety in the OR will increase your efficiency an…
Highlights of the AGS Annual Meeting
Every year, the AGS meeting features presentations of
the best in glaucoma research. This year, more than
600 registrants enjoyed 68 poster and 24 paper presentations
as well as a glaucoma surgery day, several
symposia, roundtables, workshops,…
Standing Inside the Eye
Retina Today eminterviewed Szilárd Kiss, MD, of Weill
Cornell Medical College to learn about how an interactive,
3-D virtual reality technology, is being used to better
understand disease processes in the eye./em
h3Q: What is the CAVE?/h3
Szilárd Kis…
Video Education for the Surgeon
Ophthalmic surgery cannot be learned from the
podium. Nor can it be mastered from a textbook.
Although there is nothing as valuable as
sitting at the microscope and actually performing
a procedure, it is not so easy on a trainee’s coronaries…