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Focus on Phacoemulsifiers

INFINITI VISION SYSTEM
Alcon Laboratories, Inc.

K The Infiniti Vision System allows ophthalmologists to provide customized treatment to each patient. Alcon says unparalleled fluidics deliver enhanced stability and surgical control. A low compliant Fluidic Management System (FMS) decreases post-occlusion surge. An exclusive Irrigation Pressure Sensor detects and adjusts to changing intraocular conditions and allows customized acquisition of nuclear tissue  

The newly introduced OZil Torsional handpiece uses ultrasonic oscillations to efficiently remove all lens densities while greatly reducing repulsion and increasing thermal safety. The AquaLase Liquefaction device can be used on soft-to-medium-density cataracts to safely "wash away" lenses while optimizing capsular safety.

The Infiniti Vision System micro-coaxial lens removal technologies combine to offer the efficiency and chamber stability required for this emerging surgical horizon.

Alcon Laboratories, Inc.

Phone: (800) 862-5266

Web site www.infinitivision.com

HORIZON PHACOEMULSIFICATION SYSTEM
American Optisurgical, Inc.

The Horizon Phacoemulsification System from American Optisurgical, Inc. provides complete anterior cataract functions, including irrigation, multi-modulation phacoemulsification, irrigation/aspiration, anterior vitrectomy and bipolar coagulation. The system features a large LCD touch screen with user-friendly controls, up to six user programs, burst mode, infrared or wired remote control, an easy-loading tubing cartridge, ultra-light 40 kHz all-titanium, four-crystal U/S handpiece. The Horizon is lightweight and portable, offering high-end performance in a small, attractive console.

American Optisurgical, Inc.

Phone: (949) 580-1266

www.optisurgical.com

SISTEM
American Optisurgical, Inc.

American Optisurgical has added the former Mentor SIStem to the company's phaco line. The SIStem features mini-peristaltic pump technology, a closed aspiration network and variable rise time. Also noteworthy are the SIStem's automated surge suppression, two-stage I/A mode and AutoScan phaco technology. The unit comes with 12 user programs, infrared remote control and a small, lightweight phaco handpiece. The SIStem offers reusable or disposable noninvasive tubing.

American Optisurgical, Inc.

Phone: (949) 580-1266

www.optisurgical.com

SOVEREIGN AND SOVEREIGN COMPACT
AMO

AMO's Sovereign System with WhiteStar ICE offers customization and intuitive functionality. A patented system of microprocessors

WhiteStar ICE technology provides efficient use of ultrasonic energy for increased cutting power without increasing energy. CASE (Chamber Stabilization Environment) technology optimizes fluidics during cataract removal while significantly reducing surge on occlusion break.

The Sovereign Compact system, featuring the advanced fluidic performance of the Sovereign in a compact, affordable system, also offers WhiteStar Technology. This dramatically reduces the amount of phaco energy directed into the eye while still providing full ultrasound cutting efficiency. Nuclear fragments are drawn safely and efficiently to the phaco tip, a phenomenon called "magnetic" followability. The result is visibly clearer corneas on the first post-op day without changing technique.

AMO

Phone: (800) 449-3060

www.amo-inc.com

The Millennium Microsurgical System incorporates dual linear technology. This technology provides simultaneous, independent control of aspiration and ultrasound.

The Millennium also lets you use phaco burst mode, and features software-enhanced power modulation, programmable pulse width range, and linear control of burst interval, with the "lowest ultrasound frequency available" (28.5 kHz).

Bausch & Lomb

Phone: (800) 338-2020

www.bausch.com

SONIC WAVE PHACOEMULSIFICATION SYSTEM

The Sonic WAVE fragments lenses while operating in the sonic (40-500 Hz) frequency range which uses up to 1,000 times less energy than standard ultrasound � effectively preventing corneal burns, says STAAR. Switching between sonic and traditional ultrasonic modes is accomplished through the footswitch. Excellent anterior chamber stability at all vacuum levels, even as high as 500 mmHg, can be achieved when using the Cruise Control filtering device coupled with STAAR Surgical's patented PeriVent and Auto-Correlation fluidics, says STAAR. The efficiency of the auto-tuning handpiece eliminates the need for recalibration.

STAAR Surgical Company

Phone: (626) 303-7902

www.staar.com

OTHER PRODUCTS

TEKNIQUE DIAGNOSTIC LENS SET
CYNACON/OCuSOFT

Each lens is visibly tinted for easy identification.

CYNACON/OCuSOFT introduces TeKnique, a PMMA diagnostic lens set. TeKnique has been specifically designed to aid in determining the estimated true corneal power of an eye that has undergone corneal refractive surgery. In conjunction with the Contact Lens Method, recently transferred into a formula by Kenneth J. Hoffer, M.D., the set specifically addresses the problem of determining the true optical central power of the cornea. The method is based on the idea that refractive surgery has changed the corneal power and that the refractive change must be added to the pre-surgical power of the cornea in order to estimate its present power; reducing complications of post-operative hyperopic refractive results.

CYNACON/OCuSOFT

Phone: (800) 233-5469

www.eyelab.com