COURT HOUSE – The smallest medical device ever approved by the FDA is now being used during cataract surgery to help treat another ophthalmic ailment, glaucoma, according to Dr. Michael Caruso, ophthalmic physician and surgeon at Atlantic Eye Center. Developed by Glaukos Corporation, the iStent Trabecular Micro-Bypass Stent is implanted during cataract surgery and creates an internal opening through which your eye can drain the fluid and relieve the pressure build-up associated with glaucoma. The iStent is 20,000 times smaller than the intraocular lens (IOL) used to replace cataracts.
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