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neutral lipophilic, adrenocorticoid-like steroid, which dem onstrates clinical equivalence to prednisolone acetate 1% in reducing uveitic inflammation. Vexol provides an intra ocular pressure safety profile similar to fluoromethalone 0.1%. Vexol undergoes rapid and extensive metabolism with metabolites that are less active than the parent drug or inactive in human glucocorticoid receptor binding assays.
SURGICAL LENSES
PHARMACEUTICALS • Bausch & Lomb Pharmaceuticals, 8500 Hidden River Pkwy., Tampa, FL 33637, Tel: (800) 323-0000, Fax (813) 975-7762. Bausch & Lomb Pharmaceuticals has introduced Crolom, a cromolyn sodium sterile ophthalmic solution 4%. Crolom is indicated in the treatment of vernal keratoconjunctivitis, vernal conjunctivitis, and vernal keratitis. Crolom is available in a 10-ml bottle.
• Alcon Laboratories, Inc., 6201 South Freeway, Fort Worth, TX 76134-2099, Tel: (817) 293-0450, Fax: (817) 551-4352. Alcon Laboratories, Inc., has received Food and Drug Administration approval to market Vexol 1% (Rimexolone Ophthalmic Suspension), which is indi cated for treatment of postoperative inflammation after ocular surgery and anterior uveitis. Vexol is a synthetic,
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• Ocular Instruments, Inc., 2255 116th Ave. N.E., Bellevue, WA 98004, Tel: (800) 888-6616, Fax: (206) 462-6669. The Mainster Ultra Field PRP Laser Lens, designed by Ocular Instruments, offers a 140-degree field of view. The lens may be used to treat proliferative diabetic retinopathy and ischémie central retinal vein occlusion. The Mainster PRP Lens offers distortion-free laser beam transmission and a binocular image across the entire field of view. With X-0.53 magnification, a 100-u,m laser spot setting in air yields a 189-μιη spot on the retina.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
APRIL
1995
LACRIMAL OCCULSION PLUGS • Lacrimedics, Inc., 190 N. Arrowhead Ave., Suite B, Rialto, CA 92376, Tel: (800) 367-8327, (909) 8733820. Lacrimedics, Inc., has introduced a 0.7-mm shaft diameter plug to its line of nondissolvable Herrick Lacrimal Plugs. The 0.7-mm plug provides long-term treatment of dry eye, improved contact lens comfort, enhanced efficacy of topical ocular medications (including eye drops), and the prevention of dry-eye complications after an operation. The plug features a 0.3-mm starter tip to facilitate inser tion. The 0.7-mm plug can be purchased as part of the Lacrimal Occulsion Starter Kit, which contains equipment necessary for lacrimal occlusion with lacrimal plugs.
ed depth settings for step incisions. The knife can be preset to depths of 0.15, 0.2, 0.25, 0.3, 0.37, or 0.5 mm for the initial groove. The fully extended blade is 6 mm long and may be used to make an incision of precise width into the anterior chamber for phaco surgery. Phaco-4 diamond step knives and freehand knives are available in widths of 2.8, 3.0, and 3.2 mm.
SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS • Alcon Surgical, Inc., 6201 South Freeway, Fort Worth, TX 76134-2099, Tel: (800) 862-5266. Alcon Surgical, Inc., has added additional dimensions Shortcut knives for implantation of intraocular lenses. To comple ment the 4-1- and 5.2-mm Shortcut knives, 3.5-, 5.5-, and 6.0-mm dimensions, in both straight and angled configura tions, have been added. The knives, with a rounded nose and shorter length, are designed to provide exact incision widths for popular intraocular lenses, while protecting the iris and capsule from being accidentally cut as the knife enters the anterior chamber.
OFFICE EQUIPMENT
• Katena Products, Inc., 4 Stewart Court, Denville, NJ 07834, Tel: (201) 989-1600, Fax: (201) 989-8175. Katena Products, Inc., has introduced the Phaco-4 dia mond step knife for cataract surgery. The knife features the same four double-beveled cutting edges as Katena's Phaco-4 diamond keratomes, with the addition of calibrat
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• Volk Optical, 7893 Enterprise Drive, Mentor, OH 44060, Tel: (800) 345-8655. The Illuminated Slit Lamp Lens Set Case, designed by Volk Optical, attaches to any slit-lamp table, providing convenient access to a wide variety of slit-lamp laser and diagnostic lenses. Subtle illumination of ten lenses is provided when the protective cover is opened. The Illuminated Case protects lenses from breakage, clears the slit-lamp table, and provides easy access to other lenses during examination. The Illuminated Case comes assembled with a translucent holder of ten lenses, electroluminescent lamps, and electronic power supply. It may be mounted on either the right or left sides of the slit-lamp table.
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APRIL 1995
DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT
large liquid-crystal display allows the clinician to read actual and bias measurements simultaneously. Ninety-nine measurement points are available. A choice of straight or angle-tipped probe is offered.
LOW-VISION PRODUCTS • Unilens Corp., USA, 10431 72nd St. North, Largo, FL 34647-1511, Tel: (800) 446-2020, Fax: (813) 545-1883. Unilens Corp., USA, has received a United States Patent for Univision, a new low-vision microscopic lens and adhesive system. Univision includes a 22-mm lens that provides a microscopic system when attached to the patient's single vision spectacles. An adhesive ring system allows the practitioner to position the lens temporarily at first and then permanently.
• Nikon, Inc., 1300 Walt Whitman Rd., Melville, NY 11747-3064, Tel: (516) 547-8531. Nikon, Inc., has introduced the SMZ-10A zoom stereo microscope, which includes a 6.5 X zoom ratio and modular construction for custom configuration according to the user's need. The microscope may be used in biomédical research environ ments and laboratories. It can also be fitted for use in photography or video. The SMZ-10A provides sharp and bright unreversed images. The zoom range is from 0.75 X to 4.9 X, and magnification ranges up to X294- Its design contains built-in click stops that allow the operator to set the desired magnification automatically. The SMZ-10A microscope incorporates Nikon's building block system design, which allows users to build their own system by combining selected attachments such as eyepiece tubes, photographic systems, illuminators, and iris diaphragms. • Humphrey Instruments, 2992 Alvarado St., San Leandro, CA 94577, Tel: (800) 423-4393. The Hum phrey Ultrasound Pachometer Model 855, designed by Humphrey Instruments, has a lightweight, compact, con temporary design. It is portable and can be used in the operating room as well as in the office. The incorporation of a keypad makes programming the pachometer simple. A
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SURGICAL ACCESSORY • Visitée Company, 7575 Commerce Court, Sarasota, FL 34243-3212, Tel: (800) 327-2174, (813) 3519883, Fax: (800) 705-2525. Visitée Company has intro duced two mini-size drapes for ophthalmic procedures. Their small size, 41 X 41 cm (16 X 16 in), makes them ideal for radial keratotomy and ophthalmic procedures. The 1095 Visi-Drape Mini Incise Drape and the 1096 Visi-Drape Mini Aperture Drape are made of translucent, glare-resistant plastic that allows the surgeon to view the patient throughout the procedure. They can be used on the left or right eye. The 1095 has a translucent, hypoallergenic incise area of 9 X 11.5 cm (3Vi X 4r/i in). The 1096 has a precut oval aperture area of 5 X 7.5 cm ( 2 x 3 in). The drapes help to maintain a sterile area around the surgical site, reducing the possibility of infection. Both products are single and sterile packed in a Tyvek pouch for aseptic transfer. Packaged 10 per box.
AMERICAN IOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
APRIL 1995
terest to our readers are described on the basis of information supplied by the companies cited. Publication of these notices does not imply endorsement or warranty by The Ophthalmic Publishing Company, publishers of THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, for t h e s e
products and services.
neutral lipophilic, adrenocorticoid-like steroid, which dem onstrates clinical equivalence to prednisolone acetate 1% in reducing uveitic inflammation. Vexol provides an intra ocular pressure safety profile similar to fluoromethalone 0.1%. Vexol undergoes rapid and extensive metabolism with metabolites that are less active than the parent drug or inactive in human glucocorticoid receptor binding assays.
SURGICAL LENSES
PHARMACEUTICALS • Bausch & Lomb Pharmaceuticals, 8500 Hidden River Pkwy., Tampa, FL 33637, Tel: (800) 323-0000, Fax (813) 975-7762. Bausch & Lomb Pharmaceuticals has introduced Crolom, a cromolyn sodium sterile ophthalmic solution 4%. Crolom is indicated in the treatment of vernal keratoconjunctivitis, vernal conjunctivitis, and vernal keratitis. Crolom is available in a 10-ml bottle.
• Alcon Laboratories, Inc., 6201 South Freeway, Fort Worth, TX 76134-2099, Tel: (817) 293-0450, Fax: (817) 551-4352. Alcon Laboratories, Inc., has received Food and Drug Administration approval to market Vexol 1% (Rimexolone Ophthalmic Suspension), which is indi cated for treatment of postoperative inflammation after ocular surgery and anterior uveitis. Vexol is a synthetic,
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• Ocular Instruments, Inc., 2255 116th Ave. N.E., Bellevue, WA 98004, Tel: (800) 888-6616, Fax: (206) 462-6669. The Mainster Ultra Field PRP Laser Lens, designed by Ocular Instruments, offers a 140-degree field of view. The lens may be used to treat proliferative diabetic retinopathy and ischémie central retinal vein occlusion. The Mainster PRP Lens offers distortion-free laser beam transmission and a binocular image across the entire field of view. With X-0.53 magnification, a 100-u,m laser spot setting in air yields a 189-μιη spot on the retina.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
APRIL
1995
LACRIMAL OCCULSION PLUGS • Lacrimedics, Inc., 190 N. Arrowhead Ave., Suite B, Rialto, CA 92376, Tel: (800) 367-8327, (909) 8733820. Lacrimedics, Inc., has introduced a 0.7-mm shaft diameter plug to its line of nondissolvable Herrick Lacrimal Plugs. The 0.7-mm plug provides long-term treatment of dry eye, improved contact lens comfort, enhanced efficacy of topical ocular medications (including eye drops), and the prevention of dry-eye complications after an operation. The plug features a 0.3-mm starter tip to facilitate inser tion. The 0.7-mm plug can be purchased as part of the Lacrimal Occulsion Starter Kit, which contains equipment necessary for lacrimal occlusion with lacrimal plugs.
ed depth settings for step incisions. The knife can be preset to depths of 0.15, 0.2, 0.25, 0.3, 0.37, or 0.5 mm for the initial groove. The fully extended blade is 6 mm long and may be used to make an incision of precise width into the anterior chamber for phaco surgery. Phaco-4 diamond step knives and freehand knives are available in widths of 2.8, 3.0, and 3.2 mm.
SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS • Alcon Surgical, Inc., 6201 South Freeway, Fort Worth, TX 76134-2099, Tel: (800) 862-5266. Alcon Surgical, Inc., has added additional dimensions Shortcut knives for implantation of intraocular lenses. To comple ment the 4-1- and 5.2-mm Shortcut knives, 3.5-, 5.5-, and 6.0-mm dimensions, in both straight and angled configura tions, have been added. The knives, with a rounded nose and shorter length, are designed to provide exact incision widths for popular intraocular lenses, while protecting the iris and capsule from being accidentally cut as the knife enters the anterior chamber.
OFFICE EQUIPMENT
• Katena Products, Inc., 4 Stewart Court, Denville, NJ 07834, Tel: (201) 989-1600, Fax: (201) 989-8175. Katena Products, Inc., has introduced the Phaco-4 dia mond step knife for cataract surgery. The knife features the same four double-beveled cutting edges as Katena's Phaco-4 diamond keratomes, with the addition of calibrat
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• Volk Optical, 7893 Enterprise Drive, Mentor, OH 44060, Tel: (800) 345-8655. The Illuminated Slit Lamp Lens Set Case, designed by Volk Optical, attaches to any slit-lamp table, providing convenient access to a wide variety of slit-lamp laser and diagnostic lenses. Subtle illumination of ten lenses is provided when the protective cover is opened. The Illuminated Case protects lenses from breakage, clears the slit-lamp table, and provides easy access to other lenses during examination. The Illuminated Case comes assembled with a translucent holder of ten lenses, electroluminescent lamps, and electronic power supply. It may be mounted on either the right or left sides of the slit-lamp table.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
APRIL 1995
DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT
large liquid-crystal display allows the clinician to read actual and bias measurements simultaneously. Ninety-nine measurement points are available. A choice of straight or angle-tipped probe is offered.
LOW-VISION PRODUCTS • Unilens Corp., USA, 10431 72nd St. North, Largo, FL 34647-1511, Tel: (800) 446-2020, Fax: (813) 545-1883. Unilens Corp., USA, has received a United States Patent for Univision, a new low-vision microscopic lens and adhesive system. Univision includes a 22-mm lens that provides a microscopic system when attached to the patient's single vision spectacles. An adhesive ring system allows the practitioner to position the lens temporarily at first and then permanently.
• Nikon, Inc., 1300 Walt Whitman Rd., Melville, NY 11747-3064, Tel: (516) 547-8531. Nikon, Inc., has introduced the SMZ-10A zoom stereo microscope, which includes a 6.5 X zoom ratio and modular construction for custom configuration according to the user's need. The microscope may be used in biomédical research environ ments and laboratories. It can also be fitted for use in photography or video. The SMZ-10A provides sharp and bright unreversed images. The zoom range is from 0.75 X to 4.9 X, and magnification ranges up to X294- Its design contains built-in click stops that allow the operator to set the desired magnification automatically. The SMZ-10A microscope incorporates Nikon's building block system design, which allows users to build their own system by combining selected attachments such as eyepiece tubes, photographic systems, illuminators, and iris diaphragms. • Humphrey Instruments, 2992 Alvarado St., San Leandro, CA 94577, Tel: (800) 423-4393. The Hum phrey Ultrasound Pachometer Model 855, designed by Humphrey Instruments, has a lightweight, compact, con temporary design. It is portable and can be used in the operating room as well as in the office. The incorporation of a keypad makes programming the pachometer simple. A
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SURGICAL ACCESSORY • Visitée Company, 7575 Commerce Court, Sarasota, FL 34243-3212, Tel: (800) 327-2174, (813) 3519883, Fax: (800) 705-2525. Visitée Company has intro duced two mini-size drapes for ophthalmic procedures. Their small size, 41 X 41 cm (16 X 16 in), makes them ideal for radial keratotomy and ophthalmic procedures. The 1095 Visi-Drape Mini Incise Drape and the 1096 Visi-Drape Mini Aperture Drape are made of translucent, glare-resistant plastic that allows the surgeon to view the patient throughout the procedure. They can be used on the left or right eye. The 1095 has a translucent, hypoallergenic incise area of 9 X 11.5 cm (3Vi X 4r/i in). The 1096 has a precut oval aperture area of 5 X 7.5 cm ( 2 x 3 in). The drapes help to maintain a sterile area around the surgical site, reducing the possibility of infection. Both products are single and sterile packed in a Tyvek pouch for aseptic transfer. Packaged 10 per box.
AMERICAN IOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
APRIL 1995