ROME – Long-term evaluation of the efficacy of Addition Technologies’ Intacs intrastromal corneal ring segments as a treatment for keratoconus showed that most patients have had an improvement in ...

Intacs is the brand name for a medical device that is used in the treatment of the eye disorder known as keratoconus. Cornea cross-linking is a powerful procedure that can strengthen the weakened ...

PITTSBURGH — Intacs prescription inserts are being used in the treatment of keratoconus in U.S. phase 1 clinical trials. Therapeutic applications of Intacs inserts, a refractive device approved in the ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Corneal ring segments, marketed under the name Intacs, improve vision in patients with keratoconus, an ocular condition in which thin corneas bulge forward causing a deterioration of ...

GLENDORA, CA--(Marketwired - January 13, 2014) - OASIS Medical Inc., U.S. manufacturer and distributor of high quality disposable surgical instruments and ocular lubricating and cleansing solutions, ...

Two surgical procedures have been described for ICRS implantation: the mechanical method and the femtolaser method. The use of femtolaser for ICRS tunnel creation was widely accepted after FDA ...

Normally, your cornea— the clear outer lens or "windshield" of your eye — has a dome shape, like a ball. Sometimes, the structure isn’t strong enough to hold its round shape and bulges outward, like a ...

Recently, CXL increased as a treatment strategy for progressive keratoconus. The growing number of clinical reports suggest not only a consistent stabilizing effect of CXL, but also a variable ...

Spectacles: Patients with early Keratoconus may have adequate vision correction with spectacles. As the disease progresses, glasses alone cannot correct vision completely. Contact lenses: Soft toric ...