MIGS devices lead glaucoma surgical innovation in 2016
A single event stood out in everyone’s mind when Ophthalmology Times asked experts to think back on the year in glaucoma surgery: the July 29 approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the CyPass Micro-Stent. The CyPass, developed by Transcend Medical of Menlo Park, provides an alternative to the only other minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) device currently in the U.S. market, the iStent Trabecular Micro-Bypass Stent System sold by Glaukos. Related: Similarities seen in ocular protein deposits in glaucoma,Continue Reading...