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RaySert is a small-incision IOL injector system with a 1.8 mm diameter external tip, designed to enable surgeons to insert an IOL through a sub 2.5 mm incision, to reduce induced astigmatism.

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An interesting, but controversial, method to eliminate bothersome floaters.

In a recent blog Dr Mark Packer said: “Somewhere in the back of my mind I keep a quote about perseverance and simplicity. It comes from an interview with Ernest Hemingway. The author was asked to explain why he rewrote the last page of A Farewell to Arms 39 times.”

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Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) believe they may have found a new treatment for retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a severe neurodegenerative disease of the retina that ultimately results in blindness.

Hoya has formed a strategic partnership with Adoptics of Switzerland by funding the development of a shape-changing accommodating intraocular lens (AIOL).

Findings published in the July/August edition of Retina contain the results of a Phase II trial indicating that microplasmin was generally well tolerated, and support its potential for nonsurgical resolution of vitreomacular adhesion

Glaucoma patient and director of the movie Going Blind, Joe Lovett and his team have developed a comprehensive Outreach Toolkit with details on how doctors can use the film to raise awareness of funding, educate students and patients or promote themselves.

The European Commission's independent Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR) is seeking the assistance of ophthalmic experts who are interested in helping with its Health Effects Of Artificial Light working group.

Findings in the July issue of the Archives of Ophthalmology have indicated that silicon oil may safeguard patients'eyesight when undergoing radiation therapy for ocular melanoma.

The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) has issued a warning about the harm decorative circle lenses used by Lady Gaga in a recent video.

The Glaucoma Research Foundation has received the largest single gift in its 32 year history. The staggering $1.6 million gift from the Melza M. and Frank Theodore Barr Foundation and is to support the ongoing research of the Catalyst For a Cure consortium to discover a cure for glaucoma.

In Spain, the first product based on interference RNA (RNAi) technology is an ophthalmic treatment in the form of drops to treat elevated IOP and glaucoma. SYL040012 has just completed its first clinical trial, having been administered to 30 healthy volunteers.

Professor Ye-Guo Chen, one of the top five key opinion leaders in Chinese refractive surgery has demonstrated a drastic improvement in flap thickness and planarity when using the One Use-Plus SBK microkeratome, defined as 'Sub Bowman's Keratomileusis. '

VisionCare&#;s implantable telescope for end-stage AMD has finally been given FDA approval. The device, discussed in depth in Ophthalmology Times Europe July 2007, was given CE approval three years ago but has subsequently been undergoing rigorous clinical trials in the United States.

In its continuing quest to play a part in every step of the cataract procedure Alcon is to acquire LenSx Lasers Inc., for $361.5 million in cash

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British and German scientists Dr Claus Cursiefen and his colleagues have reported that transplanted corneas are more likely to fail or be rejected in patients whose eyes exhibit abnormal vessel growth, called corneal neovascularization, before surgery.

Ophthalmic Women Leaders (OWL) and Women In Ophthalmology, Inc. (WIO) are pleased to announce their joint partnership in presenting the WIO Summer Symposium.

The French EyeOP1 medical device, from EyeTechCare, is a novel and non-invasive treatment for glaucoma that is based on the use of high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFUs). The product is set to become available at the end of 2010

The merger Novartis has been trying to unilaterally impose on Alcon cannot go ahead without the approval of Alcon's Independent Director Committee (IDC), according to a legal expert

Ophthalmic instrument and replacement lens business, Ophtec BV, has expanded its business into the Far East with a site based in Japan.

Scientists in The Netherlands have received an innovation grant to finalise the specification of a collagen, derived from fishscale, which will act as an alternative material for cornea regeneration.

President of the Middle East African Council of Ophthalmology (MEACO), Dr Abdulaziz Al Rajhi, is to become president of the World Ophthalmology Congress (WOC) 2012.

Dr Joachim Storsberg at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research in Germany has developed an artificial cornea. The ophthalmological polymer is designed to bond to the eye but remain unclouded by cells in its centre.

Alcon Inc. is to sponsor a four-week ophthalmic skills exchange and surgical programme through ORBIS International?s signature Flying Eye Hospital.

France Lens has launched, The Concept Asphilens 1.8, a new aspheric implant specifically designed for microincision cataract surgery (MICS).

As part of last week's National Eye Health Week in the UK, Spectrum Théa, the independent ophthalmic company, looked at things from a patient's perspective.

The Pediatric Cataract Initiative ( ), sponsored by the Bausch + Lomb Early Vision Institute and Lions Clubs International Foundation, has announced its inaugural global advisory council.