• miLoop. With Iantech's elegant miLoop,
the surgeon makes an incision, and performs
the capsulorhexis and hydrodissects as nor-
mal. But instead of inserting a phaco probe,
he inserts the miLoop device tip inside the
eye. A forward push of the slider atop the
device deploys a tiny preformed nitinol fila-
ment loop. A slight twist of the device causes
the loop to sweep under the anterior capsule,
essentially lassoing the lens. Pulling back on
the slider contracts the loop and bisects the
lens. Dial the lens a few degrees and do it
again.
Iantech points out 3 advantages with the
miLoop:
• All the force moves centrally. There is zero
stress on the fragile capsule or on the zonules
that hold the capsule in place.
• It releases no phaco energy inside the eye,
presumably helping to save corneal endothe-
lial cells.
• It could be cheaper than phaco, especially
in remote locations.
The inventor, Sean Ianchulev, MD, MPH, is
said to have originated the idea while slicing a
slab of hard cheese with a wire cutter.
"It's great for rock-hard cataracts," reports
Young Choi, MD, a Birmingham, Ala, ophthal-
mologist and a consultant to Iantech. "It uses
no energy, no heat and therefore, less inflam-
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