At Alcon, our ocular health products for dry eye and ocular allergy, such as SYSTANE® lubricant eye drops, are designed, manufactured and marketed with a body of science developed through rigorous bench research and clinical studies. As the body of knowledge behind Alcon’s products grows, so does the challenge of making our customers aware of its depth. Our medical affairs organization is thus…
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KEY TAKE-AWAYS, Alcon WaveLight ® Topography-Guided LASIK and Zeiss small-incision lenticule extraction (SMILE^) treatments are fundamentally very different corneal refractive procedures. Topography-Guided LASIK allows for correction of corneal irregularities that cause HOA aberrations whereas SMILE cannot correct for this. Quantifying UCVA beyond the 20/20 level for these two procedures is critical. Where…
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The Science Behind Near Physiologic, IOP During Cataract Surgery A conversation of two expert cataract refractive surgeons with an audience of peer surgeons. , At the AAO meeting in Chicago in October 2024, Cathleen McCabe, MD, and Nicole Fram, MD, hosted a dinner discussion on performing cataract surgery at near physiologic IOP with the CENTURION® Vision System and the ACTIVE SENTRY® technology (Alcon). This technology has integrated response systems to early detect and compensate for pressure changes within the eye, enabling surgeons to operate at a…
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The most important distinguishing material features of Water Surface Technology lenses are those at the surface of the lens and in particular, surface wettability. The surface wettability of a contact lens can be used to understand the wetting properties of a lens material and how it behaves in comparison to other lens materials.
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Tears are a complex mixture of proteins, lipids, mucins and aqueous that nourish, lubricate and protect the ocular surface. In dry eye disease (DED), basal tear production is altered, causing reduced tear volume and/or excessive tear evaporation. The chronic tear deficiency feeds a cycle of tear instability, ocular surface damage, inflammation, goblet cell loss and symptoms such as dryness and…
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