Robert Forstag

New Orleans-It's often said that necessity is the mother of invention. That being true, it was a realization that postoperative measurements with a Hertel exophthalmometer in some categories of patients could be inaccurate, which led to the development of the Naugle exophthalmometer.

The Kawai Capsulorrhexis Forceps (model AE-4388, ASICO) are designed for use in difficult cases of continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis (CCC), according to their creator, Kenji Kawai, MD.

Austin, TX-The VersaSuite software system (Universal Software Solutions Inc.) provides a total practice management solution to ophthalmology practices of any size or scope, said Darius Samani, PhD, MBA, and CEO of Universal. He first designed VersaSuite in 1997. There has been a major release of the program every year since then.