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7 ON POINT Katalyst's
new carbon-fiber picks
resist damage despite
the fineness of the tips.
8 ONE-HANDED OPERATION
Surgistar's new safety
knives come in a range of
types and sizes.
9 EASY INSERTION Dr.
Vold deploys an Abbott
Tecnis Toric 1-Piece IOL.
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to a soft lens insert, says the company. SoftFit automates the data gathering to render the cornea with less distortion, which might open laser refractive cataract surgery to a wider variety of patients.
The LensAR (the AR stands for "augmented reality," which uses optical-ray tracing to produce a 3-D image of the eye) Laser System was initially approved by the FDA in 2011, and it got clearance April 3 for arcuate incisions during cataract surgery. Bausch & Lomb's Victus Femtosecond Laser Platform also received FDA approval for arcuate corneal incisions in March, so it can now support both cataract and corneal procedures in 1 platform. These curved incisions are made on the periphery of the cornea, which makes both femtosecond laser platforms all the more flexible.
5 G-Probe from Iridex
Last year, Iridex's big launch was the IQ 532 Laser System; this year, it's the G-Probe, a glaucoma device that performs transscleral cyclophotocoagulation (TSCPC) to lower IOP by
