LensAR Inc. to Present Data From Laser Cataract Surgery Clinical Trial at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology

Tue Oct 13, 2009 7:30am EDT
 
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LensAR Inc. to Present Data From Laser Cataract Surgery Clinical Trial at the
Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology







WINTER PARK, Fla., Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- LensAR, Inc., a leading developer
of next generation laser technology for cataract surgery and other ocular
applications, today announced that data from a recently completed clinical
trial of the LensAR Laser System will be presented at the upcoming 2009 Joint
Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and Pan-American
Academy of Ophthalmology (PAAO).  The meeting will be held October 23 - 27,
2009 in San Francisco, CA.


Clinical investigator Louis D. "Skip" Nichamin, M.D., medical director of the
Laurel Eye Clinic Center in Brookville, PA, will present LensAR's clinical
results in a paper entitled, "Laser Capsulotomy with the LensAR Laser System,"
on Friday, October 23, 2009.  The paper will be presented during Section II:
Cataract and Refractive Surgery, "Refractive Surgery 2009: It's Time to
Change," at 9:08 a.m. Pacific in Moscone Center West, Room 2014.  


In addition to the data presentation, Ramon Naranjo-Tackman, M.D., principal
investigator for LensAR's clinical studies in Mexico, professor of
ophthalmology at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, and director of
corneal service at the Asociacion Para Evitar la Ceguera en Mexico, Hospital
Luis Sanchez Bulnes in Mexico City will give a guest talk entitled, "Novel
Uses of a Femtosecond Laser."  Dr. Naranjo will present an overview of the
early experiences with capsulotomy and nuclear fragmentation with the LensAR
Laser System. His talk will take place during Section XII: Pan-American
Association of Ophthalmology (PAAO) Symposium, scheduled for Saturday, October
24, 2009 at 1:30 p.m. Pacific in Moscone Center West, Room 2014.


For a video demonstration of LensAR's Laser System, please visit the company's
booth #547 at AAO-PAAO.




About LensAR, Inc.


LensAR, Inc. is a leading developer of next generation laser technology for
cataract surgery and other ocular applications including presbyopia.  The
company has recently completed a laser cataract surgery clinical trial and
filed a 510k application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.  LensAR
expects to commercialize its first systems in 2010.  For more information on
LensAR and its laser technology, please visit our website at
www.lensarinc.com.






SOURCE  LensAR, Inc.

investors, Stephanie Diaz, sdiaz@vidacommunication.com, or media, Tim Brons,
tbrons@vidacommunication.com, both of Vida Communication, +1-415-675-7400, for
LensAR

 

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