(RTTNews) - Alcon, a division of Novartis, announced it has received approval from the US FDA for its AcrySof IQ ReSTOR +2.5 Multifocal Toric intraocular lens with ACTIVEFOCUS optical design for ...

Bossier City, La.-based Zaffater Eye Center’s Norman Zaffater, MD, became the first physician in the Shreveport-Bossier area to implant the ReSTOR Multifocal TORIC intraocular lens, according to the ...

GAITHERSBURG, Md. — In an overwhelming panel vote, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Ophthalmic Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee voted to recommend Alcon’s premarket ...

GAITHERSBURG, Maryland — The ophthalmic devices advisory committee voted 12-0 that the benefits of the Acrysof IQ ReSTOR intraocular lens made by Alcon (Fort Worth, Texas), outweigh the risks, thus ...

Novartis' ($NVS) Alcon received FDA approval for its implantable AcrySof IQ ReSTOR +2.5 Diopter intraocular lens (IOL), enabling vision correction at all distances in ...

The FDA's Ophthalmic Devices Advisory Committee panel overwhelmingly recommended PMA approval of Alcon's AcrySof IQ ReSTOR Multifocal Toric Intraocular Lens for patients undergoing cataract eye ...

In a near-unanimous vote, a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) device panel endorsed Alcon Research, Ltd's AcrySof IQ ReSTOR multifocal toric posterior chamber intraocular lens (IOL). The proposed ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Many surgeons have a refractive package for patients who are seeking spectacle independence at distance. This ...

Postkeratoplasty astigmatism is a cause of significant visual impairment and can be difficult to treat satisfactorily. Treatment options include compression sutures, astigmatic keratotomy, targeted ...

Here is the current list (as of Feb. 9, 2011) of posterior chamber (P-C) and anterior chamber (A-C) intraocular lenses recognized by CMS. – Crystalens, manufactured by Eyeonics (now Bausch & Lomb). – ...