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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — OCTANe’s Medical Technology Innovation Forum is a meeting that can be beneficial for ophthalmologists, entrepreneurs and business-minded individuals, John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS, said here.

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — At the Medical Technology Innovation Forum, OCTANe President and CEO Bill Carpou discusses the organization’s growth and transformation from a regional Orange County nonprofit to a broader organization focused on connecting medical technology groups in Southern California.

NEW YORK ― At OSN New York 2017, Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD, discusses how he has incorporated MDbackline software into his practice to assist with patient follow-up.

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. ― At the OCTANe Medical Technology Innovation Forum, James V. Mazzo, global president of ophthalmic devices at Carl Zeiss Meditec, considers the marriage of technology with efficiency as a measure entrepreneurial success in the medical technology industry. Mazzo is one of the original founders of OCTANe. 

Healio.com/OSN recently spoke with Bill Carpou, CEO of OCTANe, about the upcoming Medical Technology Innovation Forum on Oct. 30 and 31 in Newport Beach, California.

An upgrade in YAG laser technology may be a breakthrough in the management of vitreous floaters, offering a safe, effective and minimally invasive alternative that lies between “learn to live with it” and vitrectomy.

Welcome to another edition of CEDARS/ASPENS Debates. CEDARS/ASPENS is a joint society of cornea, cataract and refractive surgery specialists, here to discuss some of the latest hot topics in ophthalmology.

A QR, or quick response, code is a two-dimensional matrix barcode used for storing information, and it is readable by the camera on a smartphone. Essentially, a user would “scan” a QR code through a smartphone application in order to quickly access a URL, video or application.

The FDA has granted conditional approval to start a human feasibility clinical study of the Orion cortical visual prosthesis system, according to a press release from Second Sight Medical Products.

SAN DIEGO ― At the Women in Ophthalmology Summer Symposium here, Lama A. Al-Aswad, MD, MPH, discusses how teleophthalmology is being used to screen for the four main causes of blindness, and how artificial intelligence will improve the future of health care delivery and outcomes.