STAAR Surgical Forms Team of Leading Ophthalmic Surgeons to Study the Use of Collamer(R) Material for Accommodating Intraocular Lenses

MONROVIA, Calif., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- STAAR Surgical Company (Nasdaq: STAA ) today announced the creation of a team of leading ophthalmic surgeons, CAST (Collamer(R) Accommodating Study Team), to work with the Company in a collaborative effort in evaluating the accommodative proper...

STAAR Surgical Generates Cash From Operations During Second Quarter

...ic Injector System, which received CE Marking, will be available for the international markets during the third quarter. Members of the Collamer accommodating Study Team (CAST) reported surpassing 200 patient eye implants with the nanoFLEXCollamer Aspheric Single Piece IOL. Though early, the initial data is ...

Bausch & Lomb Receives Approval of Crystalens HD in Quarter Diopter Steps

...opter steps in the United States. The Crystalens accommodating intraocular lens (IOL) was first approved by the F... is the fourth generation of the only FDA approved accommodating lens and is the number one selling presbyopic chan...e: Crystalens is the only FDA-approved accommodating lens in the U.S.; Unlike standard IOLs, Cr...

Wrong type of help from parents could worsen child's OCD

...'s OCD, too. Prior to the start of the 14-session therapy, the researchers gauged how severe each child's condition was and compared it to how many accommodating behaviors parents reported. They found that the more severe the child's OCD, the more the child's family seemed to accommodate OCD behaviors. "You...

American Dental Association, The Forsyth Institute Collaborate to Pilot Evidence-Based Dentistry Training Course

... of Forsyth's scientific research. The interactive course will include a pre-assignment and multiple hands-on activities throughout the week. accommodating up to 30 students, the curriculum includes: Formulating clinical questions Searching for evidence Critical reading and...

Tianyin Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results

...ll expand production capacity of solid dosage drugs by 300% and will be utilized to meet growing demand for the Company's current products, while also accommodating new product launches for those in the development pipeline. During the first nine months of fiscal 2009, Tianyin received ten new approvals fro...

AMD Global Telemedicine Inc. to Unveil New Solutions at ATA 2009 Conference in Las Vegas

... quality, versatility, durability and ease of use," said Steve Normandin, President of AMD. "AMD's products have field proven reliability in accommodating any medical specialty from neurology to podiatry, and we are excited as we move into this next phase of telemedicine." Leveraging its experie...

Sentillion Releases Healthcare 'Do It Yourself' Tool for Single Sign-On and Context Management Application Interfaces

...preserves customizations when regenerating the Bridge Plug-in architecture enables extensibility to incorporate new actions and events and for accommodating new application development technologies Sentillion will be demonstrating Sentillion Vergence Wizard at the HIMSS09 Conference &a...

Surgeons to Observe and Discuss Live Eye Surgery Friday Night in San Francisco

...Dallas, Texas. Dr. Whitman will implant a Crystalens, the only FDA approved accommodating Intraocular lens (IOL) in one patient and an Akreos AO (Advanced Optics) le... order to get the best vision. Crystalens(R) is the only FDA approved accommodating intraocular lens. Unlike the standard cataract replacement lenses, Crystale...

MediTract's Compliance Management Tools Improve Efficiencies at Martin Memorial Health Systems

...t MediTract," Schlow said. "If we think of something we want to do with the system, we bring it to their attention and it gets done. They've been very accommodating and we've seen a tremendous benefit in having this system aid in the distribution, completion, follow-up and overall compliance management aspect of t...

Accommodating in Medical Technology

New Implantable Lenses Can Reduce the Need for Glasses After Cataract Surgery

...f lenses, accommodating and multifocal, let the eye focus at varying distances, so fewer patients need glasses for reading or distance vision. The accommodating intraocular lens has hinges on its sides that permit it to move as the eye's ciliary muscle contracts or relaxes. This improves the ability to change ...

Accommodating in Medical Products

Tek-Clear™ Accommodating Intraocular Lens (IOL)

Description: The Accommodating Intraocular Lens is for the treatment of presbyopia, a condition that affects near vision in many middle aged and older patients. Presbyopia results from the gradual loss of flexibility in the natural lens of the eye as a person ages, making the lens harder and less elastic...
Company:Tekia, Inc.

Crystalens™ Accommodating Posterior Chamber Intraocular Lens

Description: Allowing your patients to focus seamlessly near, far and in between the way the eyes natural lens does, Crystalens™ brings vision enhancement to a remarkable new level. Now, you can restore your patients vision to the way nature intended, reducing the need for glasses or contact lenses....
Company:eyeonics, Inc.

WaveMax Biliary Stent

Description:... The WaveMax is one of the most flexible stainless steel stents due to its unique wave design and has the lowest effective profile, accommodating a 6F sheath up to 7 mm....
Company:Abbott Vascular

Maxxis™ 400

Description:...ort and safety for individuals in the home care setting INDICATIONS: Patients weighing up to 1000 lbs. (or combined weight of 2) Healthcare frame accommodating one or two individuals, depending on frame size selected CONTRAINDICATION: Total weight in excess of 1000 lbs. (including accessories) PRECAUT...
Company:Kinetic Concepts, Inc.

Maxxis™ 300

Description:...fort and safety for individuals in the home care setting INDICATIONS: Patients weighing up to 600 lbs.(or combined weight of 2) Healthcare frame accommodating one or two individuals, depending on frame size selected CONTRAINDICATIONS: Total weight in excess of 600 lbs. (including accessories) PRECAUTI...
Company:Kinetic Concepts, Inc.

VERSAPORT™ Plus V2 RT (Single Use Obturators)

Description:...leakage when instruments are inserted or withdrawn, without loss of pneumoperitoneum. The VERSAPORT™ PLUS system includes an adjusting seal, accommodating instruments ranging from 5 mm - 12 mm as appropriate and is designed to reduce the size of the diameter of the trocar to allow insertion of smaller si...
Company:Autosuture

VERSASEAL™ Plus Single Use Seals

Description:... to prevent gas leakage when instruments are inserted or withdrawn, without loss of pneumoperitoneum. The 5 mm PLUS system includes an adjusting seal, accommodating instruments ranging from 5 mm - 12 mm as appropriate and is designed to reduce the size of the diameter of the trocar to allow insertion of smaller si...
Company:Autosuture

VERSAPORT™ Plus RPF (Single Use Converterless Trocar System)

Description:...seal to prevent gas leakage when instruments are inserted or withdrawn, without loss of pneumoperitoneum. A VERSAPORT™ PLUS self-adjusting seal, accommodating instruments ranging from 5 mm, 5-8 mm, 5-10 mm, 5 mm-11 mm, 5 mm-12 mm or 10 mm-15 mm as appropriate, is designed to reduce the size of the trocars di...
Company:Autosuture

VERSAPORT™ Plus V2 (Single Use Converterless Trocar System)

Description:...seal to prevent gas leakage when instruments are inserted or withdrawn, without loss of pneumoperitoneum. A VERSAPORT™ PLUS self-adjusting seal, accommodating instruments ranging from 5 mm-12 mm as appropriate, is designed to effectively reduce the size of the trocars diameter to allow insertion of smaller s...
Company:Autosuture

The OPERON B 810

Description:...eatures a carbon fiber, slide-top table for optimal imaging access and clarity. With a complete line of accessories available, the B 810 is capable of accommodating virtually any surgical procedure....
Company:Berchtold Corporation

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Accommodating in Biological News

A London effort to develop point-of-care nanosensors for HIV diagnosis and monitoring

...ano-cantilever arrays are each coated with substances that stick to the HIV and other proteins, which are markers associated with disease progression. accommodating these markers causes the highly sensitive sensors to bend like a diving board and this bend indicates the level of virus in the body. We have used nan...

Synthetic molecules may be less expensive alternative to therapeutic antibodies, researchers find

... being made today are antibodies, but they are extremely expensive to make. Financially, the U.S. health care system is going to have a difficult time accommodating the next 500 drugs being antibodies, said Dr. Thomas Kodadek, chief of translational research at UT Southwestern and senior author of the study, which...

Newly defined signaling pathway could mean better biofuel sources

...ls also must coordinate with the activities of surrounding cells that have different shapes and functions. "Cell expansion occurs in a crowded, but accommodating environment," Szymanski said. "As neighboring cells expand, this growth intrudes upon a neighbor. SPIKE1 generates signals so that cells can coordinat...

Computer solution to delivery problem

... day progresses, new requests come in and the dispatcher has to re-route to fulfill these new requests while minimizing the total distance traveled in accommodating advance bookings. The vehicle then follows the latest determined route until a new dynamic request arrives. At that time, the vehicle is between th...

Plants recognize their siblings, biologists discover

... at McMaster University have found that plants get fiercely competitive when forced to share their pot with strangers of the same species, but they’re accommodating when potted with their siblings. The study appears today in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters. “The ability to recognize and favour ki...

MIT engineers probe spiders' polymer art

... the formidable strength of its web. But Kojic was taken aback when the first palm-sized spider crawled out of the box he received in the mail from an accommodating employee of Miami's MetroZoo. (She simply gathered some up from the grounds; the zoo does not exhibit golden orb spiders.) "This is pretty scary,...

Accommodating in Biological Technology

Vermont Surgeon Implants First Accommodating Crystalens in Russia

Live Televised Surgery at a Prestigious Russian Eye Surgery Institute Is Feature of Major European Conference in Moscow MOSCOW, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- A Vermont eye surgeon performed the first ever accommodating Crystalens surgery in Russia when he implanted the Crystalens HD into...

Leading Refractive Eye Surgery Experts from Trusted LASIK Surgeons Directory Educate Peers at ASCRS Annual Meeting

...r the two most popular presbyopia correcting lenses, ReStor and Crystalens. In another study, Dr. Davidorf reported on the "Synchrony Dual-Optic accommodating Intraocular Lens," which detailed surgical techniques and results of this promising new presbyopia correcting lens that is still under FDA study....

STAAR Surgical Releases Afinity(TM) Collamer(R) Aspheric Single Piece NTIOL

... Aspheric NTIOL are being made to STAAR's Collamer accommodating Study Team (CAST), which is comprised of nine lead...ing STAAR's development team better understand the accommodating properties of the Collamer material and the STAAR ...the Collamer material and the new aspheric optic. accommodating IOLs are implantable lenses designed to restore th...

Top LASIK and Refractive Experts in Trusted LASIK Surgeons Directory Present Research and Educate Their Peers at Annual AAO Meeting in Atlanta

... Dr. Bruce Koffler , of Koffler Vision Group , presented a lecture to the Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology (JCAHPO(r) on accommodating and Multifocal Intraocular Lenses. The lecture reviewed the FDA approved lenses including Crystalens, ReStor, Rezoom and those lenses that are still i...

Small Animal Imaging Market: Biospace Lab Wins Frost & Sullivan Accolade for Its Successful Product Line Strategy

...o the optical imaging segment. In contrast, Biospace Lab has a robust product portfolio offering optical imaging- scintigraphy - autoradiography, thus accommodating the different market segments within the small animal imaging market. Biospace Lab has demonstrated strong penetration of vertical markets with its ...

Bookham to Enter Biomedical Illumination Market

... Manager, Ben Standish. "To meet the diverse and specific needs of these manufacturers, the ZoroLight LED module is customizable for OEM applications, accommodating multiple wavelengths and meeting different intensity and size requirements. "The use of LEDs is attractive in fluorescence applications due to their...

What To Do When a Holiday Guest Shows Up With a Pet

...ther guests and young children respond? -- Is the visit for a short time, a few hours or several days, and what will that mean in terms of accommodating the pet? -- How might the breed, size and disposition of the pet impact the type of event you are hosting? -- Do you know about the visiting ...

EDDA Technology Introduces Universal Enterprise Solution - Enabling 2D/3D/4D Advanced Clinical Applications on Existing PACS Workstations

...rise Engine are IQQA(R)-Chest for digital X-Ray lung nodule CAD, and IQQA(R)-Liver for contrast MDCT. The IQQA(R) Enterprise Engine is also capable of accommodating third party imaging applications. IQQA(R)-Chest is the only FDA cleared system to offer real-time interactive diagnostic analysis of digital chest X-...

Consider the legal issues before outsourcing offshore

...unicate the project's requirements and to get the project done efficiently. Even more important to successful offshore outsourcing is appreciating and accommodating the other's cultural norms. Misunderstandings over directions, documentation, and work habits have been the demise of many relationships. One of t...

Broadjam upgrades musical Web hosting

...said the technology empowers artists to take full advantage of the Internet "to promote themselves and expose their music to a broader audience, while accommodating unique styles and graphics." Aimed at experienced Web designers who already have a Web site or want to create a new customized Web site and host it...

Accommodating in Biological Products

SNP Scoring Service from Polymorphic DNA Technologies, Inc.

Description:...irection. There is no "redo" charge. We provide a money back guarantee. Scaleable platform Our SNP genotyping platform is rapidly scaleable, easily accommodating any size project, from small to very large. Robust Polymorphic DNA can provide genotype results for any SNP. Sanger sequencing is universally appli...
Company:Polymorphic DNA Technologies, Inc.

SNP Discovery Service from Polymorphic DNA Technologies, Inc.

Description:...ating the exact number of PCR amplicons, sequencing reactions, etc. Flexible Platform Polymorphics technology platform is rapidly scaleable, easily accommodating any size project from small to very large. For SNP discovery, we accept projects from 0.5 Kb to 1,000 Kb. There is a 24 sample minimum....
Company:Polymorphic DNA Technologies, Inc.

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Marker

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