NEW PRODUCT REPORT
BVI VISITEC FORCEPS
Beaver Visitec International’s Visitec Bonn and Tying single-use forceps can be purchased individually and can be inserted into BVI CustomEyes kits. The Bonn Forceps features blunt teeth designed to produce minimal tissue trauma. The Tying Forceps have rounded platform edges to ensure sutures are not cut as well as fine tips designed for accuracy, the company says. Both Visitec Forceps feature precise platform alignment for gripping sutures.
Beaver-Visitec International
www.beaver-visitec.com
B+L SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS PROBES
Bausch + Lomb Surgical Instruments’ newly designed E2516 (CCW) and E2517 (CW) Erickson-Lee Pigtail Lacrimal Probes have a counter-clockwise or clockwise orientation. This allows surgeons to accommodate to right and left tear duct probing and irrigation. The cannulated probes’ ported ends allow the use of fluid to open the lacrimal duct, which aids insertion, the company says.
Bausch + Lomb Surgical Instruments
www.bauschinstruments.com
ABBOTT MEDICAL OPTICS IDESIGN
Abbott Medical Optics’ iDesign Advanced Wavescan Studio system received FDA approval for use in LASIK procedures. The wavefront diagnostic aberrometry uses high-definition scanning technology to detect imperfections in the eye that result in poor vision. The scan helps surgeons to customize a LASIK treatment tailored to the patient’s eye by capturing five optical measurements, the company says. The three-second scan produces a 3D image and blueprint of the eye.
Abbott Medical Optics
www.abbottmedicaloptics.com
NPR in brief
■ Bausch + Lomb introduced enhancements to its Trulign Toric IOL calculator’s graphic interface. The enhanced calculator allows surgeons to immediately calculate the steep axis from the data entered in the flat axis section. Also, surgeons can perform concurrent bilateral calculations and view the axis of placement located in the center of the eye and the residual astigmatism located in the eye diagram. The Trulign Toric IOL calculator allows surgeons to select the appropriate IOL power range for cataract patients by directly entering the patient’s flat (K1/axis) and steep (K2/axis) figures, including surgically induced astigmatism, incision location and IOL mean sphere power. OM
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