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LOS ANGELES — This year's American Society of Cataract and
Refractive Surgery meeting commemorat-
ed the 50
th
anniversary of the invention of
phacoemulsification. It was somehow fit-
ting that a simple device designed to eliminate phaco ended up steal-
ing the show. Here's a look at that game-changing innovation, the
miLoop from IanTech, and several other hot new products that went
to Hollywood in search of their big break.
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Dr. Newsom (hunter@newsomeye.net) is a cataract and refractive surgeon and
founder of Newsom Eye & Laser Center in Tampa and Sebring, Fla.
T. Hunter Newsom, MD
Tampa, Fla.
Our cataract surgeon's nominations for the hottest prod-
ucts on display in the ASCRS exhibit hall.
• LA LA LAND T. Hunter Newsom, MD, headed to Hollywood to see which products and technologies generated a buzz on the
show floor of the 50
th
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting.
Daniel
Cook
Products in Ophthalmology
Best New
