ASCRS

Catching up after ASCRS 2022, Ora's Caitlin Black, senior director and therapeutic area head of medical devices, talks about the next generation of ophthalmic device therapies and diagnostics, clinical trial updates and new innovations that are most exciting for presbyopia treatment.

A second FDA indication for the treatment of allergic conjunctivitis proves promising for patient relief.

Two year data shows a promising future for the OCD guided, noninvasive technology for glaucoma treatment.

Alex Dastgheib, MD, ABO, discusses the findings of the paper, "325 Cases of Phacoemulsification in Blind Cataracts," presented at the 2022 ASCRS conference in Washington, DC. The paper won the Challenging Cases session during the meeting.

Newer generation formulas generally outperformed older generation formulas, with SRK/T performing the best of older formulas, especially when using TK values.

Lens thickness and anterior chamber duct values obtained by Lenstar can be improved by SpikeFinder to reduce errors in measurements.

Older generation non-LVC formulas show marked improvement upon using TK values vs K, while multivariable non-LVC formulas did not consistently improve.

Jonathan Solomon, MD, shares his personal experience using the Beyeonics One exoscope, highlighting what makes this tool stand out.

Results concluded that K did better than TK in a variety of situations.

Edward Hu, MD, PhD, looked at 812 toric IOLs utilized of various platforms, concluding a low total toric rotation rate at 2.1%.

The study assesses and compares the accuracy of IOL formulas using keratometry (K) and total keratometry (TK) values obtained by a swept-source OCT biometer (IOL Master 700) in eyes with previous PKP prior to cataract surgery.

There is considerable variability in variables when measuring the eyes with both biometers, which may affect formula performance and postoperative refractive predictions when using formulas that utilize values like interior chamber depth and lens thickness.

The project, presented by Colton Hill, MPH, on behalf of the Dean McGee Eye Institute, looks at complication rates during cataract surgery or after cataract surgery for patients with prior intravitreal injections or incisional retinal procedures.

Michelle Senchyna, PhD, VP Clinical Development and Medical Affairs for Aerie Pharmaceuticals, gives a company update on the various clinical trials in the pipeline.

Allie Holmes, head of US marketing for Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, shares an update on what visioning the company is doing with their new and elevated technologies.

Riad Sherif, MD, CEO of Oculis, gives a company update on clinical trials for products in DME, ocular surgery, and more; plus, growing products in glaucoma treatments, team and financing updates.

Kevin Waltz, a consultant for ViaLase, discusses the company's technology: an image-guided femtosecond laser surgical system for the treatment of glaucoma.

George Waring, MD, discusses the findings of a retrospective study on Allergan’s AGN-190584 for the treatment of presbyopia.

Mark Packer, MD, discusses the causes, factors, and treatments of negative dysphotopsia.

Last year, the company announced the data from the Saturn-1 study for TP-03, the first potential product to treat Demodex blepharitis, and the product is now in the phase 3 trial (Saturn-2). Aziz Mottiwala, chief commercial officer for Tarsus, gives a company update on the pipeline for their program for Demodex blepharitis.

Earlier this year, BioTissue announced the corporate rebrand of its new customer facing entity, including carrying the name over to its surgical business formally known as Amniox Medical. Randy Mansfield, VP of marketing for BioTissue, shares an update at ASCRS 2022.

Greg Kunst, president and CEO of Aurion BioTech, shares a company update on endothelial cell therapy trials, clinical plans and upcoming data.

Dr. Sri Ganesh, MBBS, MS, DNB, chairman and managing director of Nethradhama Hospital Pvt. Ltd, discusses his studies on LENSAR and shares his findings.

Ben Bergo, CEO of Visus Therapeutics, gives a company update on the company's presented phase 2 data, and what's next in the pipeline.

John Berdahl, MD, discusses the technique and benefit of endothelial cell therapy. An early technology, this therapy method allows for up to 100 treatments out of a single human cornea.

Chuck Hess, vice president and general manager, Bausch and Lomb, discusses XIPERE™, the first and only therapy available in the United States that utilizes the suprachoroidal space to treat patients suffering from macular edema associated with uveitis, and other new things rolled out recently from the company.

Tom Frinzi, executive chairman of ViaLase, a new company based in Orange County, gives an update on the company, sharing some exciting new things happening.

In a presentation at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery’s 2022 annual meeting, Marjan Farid, MD, ABO, and Preeya K. Gupta, MD, offered details of clinical trials for CSF-1 ophthalmic solution, a presbyopia eye drop candidate. Results showed that nearly half of the participants treated with CSF-1 achieved a 3-line or more increase in the distance-corrected near visual acuity an hour after drop instillation on day 15.

Anushka M. Raj, BS, second year medical student at the University of Oklahoma’s Dean McGee Eye Institute, presents "Inter-Device Measurement Reliability of Angle Kappa and Angle Alpha, Devices and Instruments" during ASCRS.

According to an e-poster presented by Jagadesh C. Reddy, MD, and Harini Indusekar, BScOptom, at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery’s 2022 annual meeting in Washington, D.C., patients who have pre-existing DR are less likely to achieve Snellen 20/40 or better vison after cataract surgery compared with the patients with diabetes but without DR.