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Transitions Optical Teams Up With Fashion Icon Tim Gunn

Transitions Optical, Inc., the innovator of photochromic adaptive lens technology, has teamed up with fashion icon and Project Runway host Tim Gunn. The partnership developed as a way to inspire people to see life – and fashion – through a new lens. Throughout the collaboration, Gunn will provide fashion tips and motivation to help people see fashion differently and ultimately feel confident in developing their very own style.

25 May 2015

Cynosure Receives FDA Marketing Clearance for Hyperthermic Laser Treatment for Non-Invasive Lipolysis of Flanks

Cynosure, Inc. a leader in laser- and light-based aesthetic treatments, today announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market SculpSure™, the world's first hyperthermic laser treatment for non-invasive lipolysis of the flanks. Cynosure plans to introduce SculpSure through its U.S. direct sales force late in the second half of 2015.

20 May 2015

Lumenis Pulse 120H Laser Urology Platform Receives Red Dot Award: Product Design 2015

Lumenis Ltd., the world's largest energy-based medical device company for surgical, ophthalmology, and aesthetic applications announced today that its novel laser urology platform, the Lumenis Pulse 120H, has received the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2015.

19 May 2015

New Mercury-Free Light Source Produces Ultraviolet Radiation for Medical Applications

The Kobe University Graduate School of Engineering and the Graduate School of Medicine have jointly developed the world's first new mercury-free light source that produces ultraviolet radiation for medical applications. The technology for the "made-to-order skin treatment equipment" is possible due to an industry-academia-government collaboration. It is currently being certified as a medical instrument, and sales are expected to begin in October 2015.

18 May 2015

AUA 2015: Lumenis and Distinguished Urologists to Host Educational Symposium and Instructive Workshop Series

Lumenis Ltd., the world's largest energy-based medical device company for surgical, ophthalmology, and aesthetic applications announced today that the company will host an educational symposium, in collaboration with nationally distinguished urologists, and an instructive workshop series at the American Urological Association's (AUA) 2015 Annual Meeting, being held in New Orleans, La., from May 15 – 19, 2015.

18 May 2015

Global Medical Laser Systems Market Forecast to Grow at 13% CAGR from 2015-2019

Technavio has published a new report on the global medical laser systems market, which is expected to grow at a CAGR of 13% from 2015-2019.

18 May 2015

University of Pittsburgh Chemist Creates Light Tool for Gene Editing

Scientists have been manipulating genes for a while. The University of Pittsburgh's Alexander Deiters just found a way to control the process with higher precision.

11 May 2015

Innovative Compact Light Source Generates X-rays Suitable for Advanced Tomography

A new study shows that the recently developed Compact Light Source (CLS) – a commercial X-ray source with roots in research and development efforts at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory – enables computer tomography scans that reveal more detail than routine scans performed at hospitals today.

7 May 2015

Tapered Optical Fibers Deliver Highly Confined Spots of Light to Study Retinal Cell Activity

"Imagine a tiny spotlight like those used in theatres but with a light ray measuring only a few nanometres, which shines light on a given spot but leaves everything else in the dark," explains Monica Mazzolini, SISSA research scientist, "That's how the optic fibres we used in our experiment work".

7 May 2015

New Laser Process Enables Optical Fibers to be Inserted into Even Smaller Veins

Modern medicine relies on optical fibers to cauterize unhealthy veins in a minimally invasive way. Now, Fraunhofer researchers have developed a laser processing method that facilitates automated series manufacture of these fibers at a much finer quality than ever before.

7 May 2015

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Transitions Optical Teams Up With Fashion Icon Tim Gunn

Cynosure Receives FDA Marketing Clearance for Hyperthermic Laser Treatment for Non-Invasive Lipolysis of Flanks

Lumenis Pulse 120H Laser Urology Platform Receives Red Dot Award: Product Design 2015

New Mercury-Free Light Source Produces Ultraviolet Radiation for Medical Applications

AUA 2015: Lumenis and Distinguished Urologists to Host Educational Symposium and Instructive Workshop Series

Global Medical Laser Systems Market Forecast to Grow at 13% CAGR from 2015-2019

University of Pittsburgh Chemist Creates Light Tool for Gene Editing

Innovative Compact Light Source Generates X-rays Suitable for Advanced Tomography

Tapered Optical Fibers Deliver Highly Confined Spots of Light to Study Retinal Cell Activity

New Laser Process Enables Optical Fibers to be Inserted into Even Smaller Veins

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