OCLI Blog – EyeCare Topics

July 10, 2010
July 10, 2010

Implantable Telescope Receives FDA Approval for Treatment of End Stage Macular Degeneration

The Implantable Telescope Technology is housed in a prosthetic device composed of three primary components: a fused quartz glass capsule that contains wide-angle micro-optical elements; a clear polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) carrier; and a blue PMMA light restrictor. The sealed optical component is snap-fitted into the carrier plate.VisionCare Corporation announced that they received FDA approval for their…

July 6, 2010
July 6, 2010

Avastin vs. Lucentis in Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration By: Wendy Bedale

I have blogged several times about the Avastin vs. Lucentis controversy.  Irv Aron , a retired consultant in the Medical Laser industry, blogs regulary about this topic as well in Irv Arons' Journal.  Last week, he posted a paper written by Wendy Bedale for a class at the University of Wisconsin Madison.  I thought this…

June 29, 2010
June 29, 2010

Leave Fireworks to the Professionals This Fourth of July

Each Fourth of July, thousands of people are injured from using consumer fireworks. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, more than 9,000 fireworks-related injuries happen each year. Of these, nearly half are head-related injuries with nearly 30 percent of these injuries to the eyes.  One-fourth of fireworks eye injuries result in permanent vision…

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