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Optic Buttonholing Produces Similar Outcomes to Conventional in-the-bag IOL Implantation

Cataract patients with no macular pathology can maintain macular integrity after surgery involving a posterior capsulorrhexis and posterior optic buttonholing, according to a surgeon speaking here. Optic buttonholing also produced similar outcomes to conventional in-the-bag IOL implantation, he noted.

18 Sep 2007

Small Hill Country Town Outfitted with Extensive Fiber Optics

Rural phone cooperative GVTC Communications has installed fiber-optic lines directly to buildings in the business district of Boerne, placing the small Hill Country town among a small percentage of U.S. cities outfitted with extensive fiber optics.

17 Sep 2007

Molecular Positronium - Next Generation Gamma-Ray Laser

Physicists at UC Riverside have created molecular positronium, an entirely new object in the laboratory. Briefly stable, each molecule is made up of a pair of electrons and a pair of their antiparticles, called positrons.

15 Sep 2007

Wavefront-Guided Laser Vision Correction for Nearsighted Patients

Advanced Medical Optics, Inc., a global leader in ophthalmic surgical devices and eye care products, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Advanced CustomVue(TM) Monovision procedure, the first wavefront-guided laser vision correction procedure for the visual correction of myopic (nearsighted) presbyopic patients, with and without astigmatism.

12 Sep 2007

Complete Refractive Solution for the Eye Care Professionals

Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. today announced the launch of three new refractive technologies to the European market. The new TECNIS® 1-Piece intraocular lens (IOL) and the TECNIS® Multifocal acrylic IOL are being introduced for the first time in any market, while the WhiteStar Signature(TM) phacoemulsification system, launched in the U.S. in April, 2007 at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ASCRS), will now be available to the European market.

12 Sep 2007

New Platform Technology for Small Animal Functional Imaging

Seno Medical Instruments, Inc. will announce the introduction of a new platform technology using opto-acoustics for small animal functional imaging at the Joint Molecular Imaging Conference in Providence, Rhode Island, September 8-9.

12 Sep 2007

VueMetrix Appoint Laser Lines as Their Distributor for Laser Diode Controllers in the UK

VueMetrix Inc. today announced that it has named Laser Lines Ltd. as the sole distributor for its line of laser diode controllers in the United Kingdom. Laser Lines is the premier distributor for a wide range of innovative products used in laser-based applications in both medical and industrial markets.

12 Sep 2007

Laser Vision Correction for Removal of Glasses Introduced in India

Grewal Eye Institute (GEI), the JCI Accredited Eye Hospital, fulfills its commitment to patient safety & expresses pursuit of continual improvement by introducing the revolutionary IntraLase. The safest and most advanced approach of customized laser vision correction has been introduced for the first time in the region.

12 Sep 2007

Fluorescence Filters for Various Biomedical Instrument Applications

JDSU, the leading enabler of broadband and optical innovation, introduced a new line of fluorescence filters utilizing its industry-leading and proprietary UCP-1 coating platform for use in various biomedical instrument applications. These filters were most recently showcased at the International Biomedical Optics Symposium in San Jose, California.

10 Sep 2007

New Optical Filters for Aerospace, Defense and Biomedical Industries

JDSU, a leading enabler of broadband and optical innovation, today announced the availability of two new optical filters – laser line rejection and detector response - targeting applications in the aerospace, defense and biomedical industries.

10 Sep 2007