GÖTEBORG, Sweden–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Regulatory News: Capio Specialistkliniker AB (STO:CAPIO) has agreed to acquire 100% of the shares in Scanloc Healthcare AB as of September 30, 2016. The company provides ophthalmology treatments in the county councils of Västra Götaland and Halland, and in 2015/2016 the company had net sales of about 37 MSEK and 35 employees. The acquisition strengthens Capio’s healthcare offering within ophthalmology. Scanloc will be part of Capio Medocular in business area C
At Hawaiian Eye, Jodi Luchs, MD, FACS, talks about ways to identify ocular allergy, saying that patient examination and history are key to making a diagnosis.
LAKE FOREST, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ReVision Optics, Inc., a leader in implantable presbyopia-correcting corneal inlay technology, announces the U.S. commercial launch of the Raindrop® Near Vision Inlay. The initial launch plan calls for the company’s direct field force to focus on sites that participated in the U.S. IDE clinical trial, followed by a more broad-based expansion later in 2016. “We are excited to kick-off our U.S. launch with procedures performed by an outstanding group of ophth
Absence of capsular support poses a definite challenge to cataract surgeons in the intraoperative period, and the appropriate placement of an IOL in such a scenario is often a demanding situation. Moreover, there is often a risk of losing the cataractous lens or the nuclear material in the vitreous cavity. Click here to read the full blog from Priya Narang, MS.
For people with nearsightedness (myopia), the lens doesn’t compensate for growth or other changes in the structure of the eye, according to a long-term follow-up study in the September issue of…
A contact lens designed to deliver medication gradually to the eye could improve outcomes for patients with conditions requiring treatment with eye drops, which are often imprecise and difficult to…