
|Articles|November 15, 2003
FDA to allow inserts for keratoconus patients
Des Plaines, IL-Micro-thin prescription inserts (Intacs, Addition Technology Inc.) may be used to reduce or eliminate myopia and astigmatism in patients with keratoconus for whom restoration of functional vision is no longer possible with contact lenses or glasses, under a new designation by the FDA.
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