OptiMedica Corp., a Sunnyvale, California startup, has raised $35 million, according to a recent regulatory filing. Earlier in November, the company announced that a portion of the money would be used ...

The FDA has cleared OptiMedica’s Catalys Precision Laser System, which combines a femtosecond laser, integrated optical coherence tomography imaging and a proprietary pattern scanning technology, for ...

OptiMedica Corp. has announced it has received FDA clearance of its Catalys Precision Laser System for creating single-plane and multi-plane arc cuts/incisions in the cornea during cataract surgery, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . It is hard to believe that 17 years have passed since Zoltan Z. Nagy, MD, PhD, performed the first femtosecond ...

CHICAGO — Femtosecond laser systems may improve outcomes for cataract surgery over conventional approaches, according to investigators who reported on large series of patients at the American Academy ...

(Reuters) - Abbott Inc said on Monday that it would enter the laser cataract surgery business by buying privately held OptiMedica Corp for up to $400 million and in a separate deal would pay $310 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Over the past decade, femtosecond laser technology has matured in both corneal and cataract applications to be ...

Medicare’s paying less for cataract surgery. Eye doctors are turning to lucrative lasers. Tammy Chalala, a retired dietitian in New York, was thrilled with the results of her cataract surgeries, which ...

Vision aids like corrective glasses and contact lenses are a common way for people with vision problems to see more clearly. However, more serious problems could also require eye surgery. Cataracts ...

Laser cataract surgery involves using a laser beam to make incisions in the eye and break up a cataract. It offers an alternative to traditional surgery, in which surgeons break up a cataract manually ...