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• Diamatrix showed off its interactive online ordering program
for diamond blades. Surgeons can see virtual renderings of the
knives they design based on specific handles, blade angles and
incision type. Diamatrix says the web-based ordering portal is
designed to consolidate the company's print catalogue into an
interactive online format.
• Vitreq showcased its Operio Mobile horizon-
tal laminar airflow mobile unit, which creates a
sterile environment by sending clean air over
the surgical site and instruments to act as a
barrier and to minimize bacteria-carrying par-
ticles at the wound. The standard for clean
surgery is less than 10 colony-forming units
(CFUs) per square meter; Operio Mobile guar-
antees less than 5 CFUs in the clean air zone,
says the company.
• Ocular Therapeutix presented information about post-op steroid
therapy Dextenza, a hydrogel-based drug-eluting intracanalicular
insert containing the corticosteroid dexamethasone. Dextenza
reduces inflammation and pain after ophthalmic surgery. It's
placed through the punctum into the canaliculus to deliver the
drug to the ocular surface for up to 30 days.
• The 4Klarity video recording and image management system
from MedXChange connects to ophthalmic microscopes to let
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