Huge return for venture capitalists as acquisition by Alcon Laboratories shows value of femtosecond lasers for cataract surgery. The acquisition of medical laser systems specialist LenSx Lasers by ...

Femtosecond surgery involved either the Catalys precision laser system (Abbott Medical Systems) or the LenSx laser system (Alcon). Fewer patients treated with conventional than with the laser ...

Femtosecond laser technology is bringing these two procedures even closer. Currently, four companies (LensAR, LenSx Lasers Inc. [CA, USA], OptiMedica Corporation [CA, USA] and Technolas ...

Kerry Solomon, MD, a cataract surgeon at Physicians’ Eye Surgery Center in Charleston, S.C., recently bought Alcon’s LenSx femtosecond laser, which he says was launched some time in the early spring. ...

Alcon's LenSx femtosecond laser may be the most significant piece of technology to impact cataract surgery in recent years, allowing surgeons to correct astigmatism in cataract patients by creating ...

Bausch + Lomb, the healthcare company best known for its contact lenses and ophthalmology instruments, is to start distributing a femtosecond laser system ... acquisition of the venture-backed company ...

LenSx developed the first femtosecond laser to receive FDA approval for cataract surgery use, and its products allow surgeons to perform the delicate manual steps of cataract surgery. Novartis is ...

After conquering the areas of refractive surgery and corneal grafting, the femtosecond laser has entered the realm of cataract surgery. It holds the promise of creating a second revolution in ...