May 3, 2012 (Chicago, Illinois) — The second-generation GTS400 stent has a high intraoperative reliability, and appears to be safe and effective, with a postoperative decrease in intraocular pressure ...

CORONADO, California — Trabecular micro-bypass stents reduce intraocular pressure in glaucoma patients just as well as the prostaglandin analog travoprost, according to a new study. Although ...

Micro eye stent developer Glaukos has filed to raise up to $86 million in an IPO to advance an already marketed product, as well as to further develop three additional ones in its pipeline. In the ...

OSN Glaucoma Board Member Ike K. Ahmed, MD, FRCSC, said he considers micro-stent procedures to be safer than other tube shunt devices or trabeculectomy. “They are procedurally very efficient, less ...

ALISO VIEJO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AqueSys, Inc., the developer of minimally invasive stent technology for the treatment of glaucoma, announced today that the company received a Class 3 Medical ...

ALISO VIEJO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AqueSys, Inc., the developer of minimally invasive stent technology for the treatment of glaucoma, announced today it will host a XEN Gel Stent Symposium at the 6 ...

(HealthDay News) – An ocular stent that’s designed to reduce inner-eye pressure among people with mild or moderate open-angle glaucoma has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. The ...

FDA has announced it has approved the first glaucoma stent for use with cataract surgery, according to a news release. The iStent Trabecular Micro-Bypass Stent System, model GTS100R/L, manufactured by ...

Glaucoma microstent maker, Glaukos, reported results from a study showing that its device lowered eye pressure in glaucoma patients who have had their natural lens replaced with an intraocular lens.

Betty Fecteau, left, 85, of West Seneca, had a tiny stent surgically placed into her right eye in May by Dr. Paul C. Holmwood, right, an ophthalmologist with Eye Care & Vision Associates, which has ...

ZURICH (Reuters) - Novartis' eye care unit Alcon is withdrawing a surgical stent for glaucoma patients after clinical data showed it may damage the eye, but the Swiss drugmaker said the move would not ...

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