O’FALLON, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Synergetics USA, Inc. (NASDAQ: SURG) announced today the first One StepTM Chandelier for Retina Surgery. Prior to the Synergetics’ Photon™, retina surgery was performed by a surgeon who was holding a fiberoptic illuminator in one hand and an instrument in the other. With the advent of the Photon™, Synergetics introduced the concept of a single fiber being “plugged into” the sclera (the white part of the eye), thereby providing wide field intraocular illumination and freeing up the surgeon’s second hand to allow two-handed techniques. The first generation of chandeliers developed in conjunction with Dr. Carl Awh came with an inconvenient penalty; the small incision for illumination was often so small that the incision was virtually impossible to see, making it difficult for the surgeon to find the hole that he had just created for the chandelier. Synergetics announced today that it has created and brought to market a “One StepTM” device, which effectively eliminates the awkwardness of the old two-step system.
