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FOR RELEASE Monday, April 18, 2005
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Bausch & Lomb has unveiled its SofPort Easy-Load Lens Delivery System, designed for more efficient cataract surgery, here at the 2005 ASCRS Symposium on Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery which runs until April 20. The Easy-Load Lens Delivery System includes the Bausch & Lomb SofPort Advanced Optics (AO) intraocular lens pre-loaded in a lens retainer and the inserter.
The Easy-Load system allows surgeons to load the lens into the inserter without touching or aligning the IOL with forceps, which virtually eliminates mishandling and damage to the lens for more predictable, reliable results.
"Bausch & Lomb's SofPort AO lens is truly a surgeon-friendly IOL that unfolds very gently and controllably within the eye," said Louis D. "Skip" Nichamin, M.D., Brookville, Pa. "And the new SofPort Easy-Load inserter is arguably one of the easiest IOL injector delivery systems to use because it eliminates lens-loading difficulties, so there's one less thing to worry about in the operating room."
Bausch & Lomb's SofPort Easy-Load system is the first and only integrated, single-use, single-handed planar delivery IOL insertion system that allows IOL insertion through a sub-3.0 mm incision for less invasive surgery and improved patient recovery times. The Easy-Load Lens Delivery System uses the same M-fold, planar, one-handed delivery as its predecessor, the Mport ® SI.
The SofPort AO lens is a foldable, newer generation silicone IOL with PMMA haptics and square edges specifically designed for use with the Easy-Load Lens Delivery System.
For more information about the SofPort Easy-Load Lens Delivery System, visit the Bausch & Lomb booth (No. 1225) at ASCRS, go to www.sofportrevolution.com or call 1-800-338-2020.
Bausch & Lomb is the eye health company, dedicated to perfecting vision and enhancing life for consumers around the world. Its core businesses include soft and rigid gas permeable contact lenses and lens care products, and ophthalmic surgical and pharmaceutical products. The Bausch & Lomb name is one of the best known and most respected healthcare brands in the world. Founded in 1853, the Company is headquartered in Rochester, New York. Bausch & Lomb's 2004 revenues were $2.2 billion; it employs approximately 12,400 people worldwide and its products are available in more than 100 countries. More information about the Company can be found on the Bausch & Lomb Web site at www.bausch.com . Copyright Bausch & Lomb Incorporated.
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