Bruker Announces Initiation of Quarterly Dividend

BILLERICA, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ:BRKR) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved the initiation of a dividend policy under which the Company will target a cash dividend to the Company’s stockholders in the amount of $0.16 per share per annum, payable in equal quarterly installments. The Company’s Board of Directors also declared an initial quarterly cash dividend of $0.04 per share of common stock, payable on March 24, 2016 to stockholders of record a


New phakic lens improves vision in keratoconus patient implanted with intracorneal ring segment

The Implantable Phakic Contact Lens, or IPCL, might be an additional good option to correct refraction in combination with intracorneal ring segments for patients with keratoconus, according to one surgeon. Luis Salvà Ladaria, MD, an ophthalmologist in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, performed the first implantation of this lens in a 29-year-old patient with grade 4 keratoconus who was previously implanted with an intracorneal ring segment in the left eye.

Europe increasingly involved in setting up systematic screening programs for diabetes

Since the 2005 Liverpool Declaration, Europe has made significant progress toward implementation of systematic national screening programs to reduce diabetes-related visual impairment. However, barriers still remain in countries with predominantly private, insurance-based health care systems or countries that lack human and financial resources, Simon Harding, FRCS, FRCOphth, MD, chair professor of Clinical Ophthalmology at the University of Liverpool and St. Paul’s Eye Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, United Kingdom, said.The Liverpool Declaration was the result of a consensus conference, gathering official national representatives of 29 European countries, invited experts and (Read more...)

OCT angiography has potential to improve diagnosis and monitoring of corneal vascularization

OCT angiography is designed and optimized for the retina, but it offers potential for the diagnosis and monitoring of several conditions that affect the cornea, according to one specialist.“With a modified focus and algorithm, OCTA can be used for imaging and delineating corneal vascularization, which is seen in any insult to the cornea, including patients with ocular surface disease and limbal stem cell deficiency,” Marcus Ang, FRCS, said in an interview with Ocular Surgery News.