IntraLase shows second quarter growth
IRVINE, Calif. IntraLase Corp. sold 30 lasers during the second quarter of this year, bringing its total laser placements to 153 globally, the company announced in a press release. Procedures sold during the second quarter exceeded 48,000, an increase of more than 150% from the second quarter a year ago.
According to the IntraLase press release, data from the market research firm MarketScope indicate that IntraLase-created flaps were used in 14% of U.S. LASIK procedures performed in the second quarter of 2004, up from 12% in the first quarter.