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is a tidy way to summarize — after all, AmbioDisk costs less than half the $10,000 cornea transplants run.
7 Katalyst and Katena
Building onfrom Katena of laser cataracts, Katena has the rising popularity come out with a new femtosecond instrument range. Katalyst had several new carbon-fiber picks that — due to a proprietary material that's stiff, resistant to damage and able to be finely honed — don't bend at the tip, so they let the surgeon feel what's happening in the eye.
8 Safety Knives from Surigstar
Surgistar launched single-use, single-handed safety knives of all sorts: stab (15° to 45°), crescent (2.0mm, straight and bevel-up), slit (1.8mm to 2.8mm, angled) and MVR/sideport (0.5mm to 1.0mm, straight and angled) knives.
9 Tecnis Toric 1-Piece IOL from Abbott
IOL development stagnant for now, but has been a few years freshly approved when we were at the show was Abbott's Tecnis Toric 1-Piece IOL, to treat cataract patients with pre-existing corneal astigmatism. The lens, an addition to the longtime line of various IOLs under the Tecnis name, can be used in patients with astigmatism of 1 diopter or greater. Abbot also brought a new viscoelastic out to play: the Healon Duet Dual Pack. The combination pack delivers the cohesive Healon OVD and dispersive Healon EndoCoat OVD in one box, essentially, for the surgeon's convenience in the OR.
Bausch & Lomb is tackling "glistenings" — tiny, fluid-filled bubbles that form in the IOL and hinder vision post-op — with enVista. The hydrophobic acrylic IOL is said to be entirely glistening-free due to B&L's aberration-free aspheric "advanced optics." The design has also shown good
