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i-Lipo Laser Treatment Helps Reduce Fat in Specific Body Regions

New York-based lifestyle company, ZONE LIFE has obtained FDA clearance to market the i-Lipo Ultra, a painless and non-invasive laser treatment.

5 Oct 2010

New Laser Technique for Scarless Surgery

Scientists at the University of Toronto and the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have discovered a new laser technique to minimize scarring after surgery.

1 Oct 2010

BIOLASE Technology to Supply Laser Products to Henry Schein

BIOLASE Technology announced that Henry Schein, a distributor of dental and medical products, has placed a purchase order worth $9 million for the products of BIOLASE.

From Biolase Technology, Inc. 30 Sep 2010

US Retail Optical Industry Generates $19 Billion in Combined Annual Revenue

Research and Markets has released a new market report titled ‘Optometrists and Opticians’. According to the report, the US retail optical industry comprises approximately 13,000 optician stores and 20,000 optometrist offices, with combined annual revenue of $8 billion and $11 billion, respectively.

30 Sep 2010

Report on Mexican Ophthalmic Devices Market

Research and Markets has published a new market report titled ‘Ophthalmic Devices Market Outlook in Mexico to 2016 - Vision Care, Cataract and Refractive Surgery Devices and Others’.

30 Sep 2010

VSP Optics Group Acquires Capitol Optical

VSP Optics Group announced that it has acquired the full-service optical laboratory Capitol Optical in Olympia, Washington.

28 Sep 2010

University of Cambridge Launches FEI Titan 3 Electron Microscope

The University of Cambridge has released a new electron microscope in UK. The FEI Titan 3 Electron Microscope enables scientists to examine structures smaller than 0.7 Anstrom, and images that are invisible to standard microscope and naked eye.

28 Sep 2010

University Hospitals Selects AutoLITT Technology for Brain Tumor Treatment

University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center has deployed the AutoLITT technology featuring an MRI-guided laser, to coagulate brain tumors.

28 Sep 2010

Optical Coherence Tomography Platform for Intravascular Lesion Assessment

Medical device company, St. Jude Medical will showcase its new Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) solution at the 22nd Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics annual meeting, in Washington, D.C.

28 Sep 2010

Laser Instruments to Help in Early Diagnosis of Diseases

An article published in the ACS' Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) weekly newsmagazine reported that portable instruments that utilize a laser ray to examine teeth and bones, for diseases such as tooth decay and osteoporosis will soon become a reality.

27 Sep 2010