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Alcon announces preloaded delivery system for CyPass micro-stent
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WASHINGTON — Alcon announced a new preloaded delivery system for the CyPass micro-stent, designed to streamline the process of loading the microinvasive glaucoma surgery device.
The CyPass Ultra System, indicated for use in adult patients with mild to moderate primary open-angle glaucoma who require cataract surgery, comes preloaded with a CyPass micro-stent housed in a loader tip. The tip is attached to a handheld applier.
“It reduces the number of steps required to load the device. The existing configuration, right now, there’s a separate mechanism where you take an applier, engage the loading device with the stent, pull it out, and then the device is loaded. We’ve essentially eliminated that step. The reason that’s important is because the scrub tech or the surgeon, whoever is loading the device, no longer has to worry about potential mishaps of that step before they initiate the implantation process,” Pete England, commercial head for U.S. Surgical Glaucoma at Alcon, said at a media event sponsored by the company at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery annual meeting.
The preloaded system is expected to be available in May, according to a company press release. – by Robert Linnehan