Product watch, November 2008

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AMO's Healon viscoelastic and Hoya's iSpheric IOL

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AMO viscoelastic gets FDA OK
AMO's Healon D latex-free viscoelastic has been granted premarket approval by the FDA. The clear dispersive ophthalmic viscosurgical device (OVD) is designed to be used during phacoemulsification, intraocular lens (IOL) implantation, keratoplasty and glaucoma filtration surgery. 

iSpheric IOL makes US debut
The iSpheric Model YA-60BB intraocular lens (IOL) (Hoya) has received FDA market approval. The lens has been available in Europe since 2003. 

 

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