The New VICTUS™ Femtosecond Laser Platform, from Bausch + Lomb and
Technolas™ Perfect Vision, is Designed
to Support Positive Patient Experience and Outstanding Visual Results in Cataract
Surgery.
West
Columbia, SC— Walt Bogart, MD, Ophthalmologist and LASIK/Cataract Surgeon,
announced today that his facility now offers eye surgery for cataracts and
TECNIS®
Multifocal Lens Implants (Refractive Lens Exchange), with an advanced laser
system, the VICTUS™ femtosecond laser platform. The versatile VICTUS™ platform is
designed to provide greater precision compared to manual cataract and refractive
surgery techniques.1
"With the VICTUS™
platform, we are able to automate some of the steps that we have commonly
performed manually," said Heather Harris, Certified Ophthalmic Assistant
(COA) and Cataract Counselor. "While
we have performed thousands of successful cataract surgeries, the VICTUS™ platform
helps us to improve the procedures to give our patients the best outcomes
possible."
The VICTUS™ platform features
a sophisticated, curved patient interface with computer-monitored pressure
sensors designed to provide the most comfort during the procedure. The VICTUS™ platform also offers real-time, three-dimensional
imaging of the eye to aid Walt Bogart, MD in planning and monitoring the
operation. The laser itself has a rapid pulse rate that allows the portion of
the cataract procedure performed on the VICTUS™ to be completed in just a few
seconds!
"Everything
about the VICTUS™ platform was designed to give us a greater degree of control
and more real-time information during the procedure," said Walt Bogart,
MD. " VICTUS™ enhances our ability
to offer the latest, most advanced surgery to our cataract patients and give
them the results this community has come to expect from us."
About Cataract
Surgery
A cataract is a clouding of the normally clear lens in the eye. An
estimated 20 million aging American baby boomers and seniors have cataracts. Each
year, approximately 1.5 million people will have cataract surgery in the United
States, making it one of the most common surgical procedures. According to the National Eye Institute, it
is also one of the safest and most effective.
Worldwide, over 20 million cataract surgeries are performed annually.
Cataract surgery is a simple procedure during which the natural lens in the
patient's eye is surgically replaced with an intraocular lens (IOL).
About Femtosecond
Lasers
Femtosecond
lasers emit optical pulses of extremely short duration in the domain of
femtoseconds, as short as one-quadrillionth of a second. These ultra-short
pulses do not transfer heat or shock to the material being cut and can make
surgical incisions with extreme precision. The technology
was developed
in the early 1990s at the University of Michigan Engineering Center. The first
commercial platform was introduced in 2002 and the original approval was for flap
creation during LASIK surgery. Recent platform approvals have been expanded to
include additional corneal/therapeutic procedures and cataract applications.
About the VICTUS
Femtosecond Laser Platform
The
VICTUS™ Femtosecond Laser Platform,
from Bausch + Lomb, the global eye health company, and Technolas™ Perfect Vision GmbH (TPV), a leading
ophthalmology laser company, is the first femtosecond laser designed for both
cataract and refractive surgery. The VICTUS™ platform was cleared by the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in July 2012 for creation of a corneal flap
in patients undergoing LASIK surgery or other treatment requiring initial
lamellar resection of the cornea and anterior capsulotomy during cataract
surgery.
References
1.
Reddy
KP. Investigation into the precision and accuracy of femtosecond laser cataract
surgery. Presented at: The Annual Meeting of the European Society of Cataract
and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS); September 8-12, 2012; Milan, Italy.
VICTUS™
is a trademark of Bausch & Lomb Incorporated or its affiliates. TECHNOLAS
is a trademark of Technolas Perfect Vision GmbH. All other brand/product names
are trademarks of their respective owners.
For more information regarding laser cataract surgery or to schedule an appointment, please call our office at: 803-794-0000
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