It is truly era of technologic expansion. The FDA has just approved the first intraocular lens implant that can correct astigmatism. While I don’t know the exact range of correction that will be available, this represents a step forward in the correcion of cataracts and for those individuals having a non-cataractous lens removed for prue [...]

The word is filtering onto the street that Visx has received verbal approval of CustomVue treatments for high myopia with astigmatism. The ranges are probably about what we hoped for, -11.00 Diopters of nearsightedness with up to 3 Diopters of astigmatism. This was the final piece of the puzzle that we were waiting for at [...]