Fact Sheet:

Infiniti™ Vision System

 

The Infiniti™ Vision System is a revolutionary new lens-removal system from Alcon, the global leader in ophthalmic surgical devices.

 

Benefits

• Removes a lenses clouded by cataracts to help improve patients’ quality of life through clarity of vision.
• New technology may reduce the risk of thermal burns and other potential complications associated with other methods of removal.

·        Increased flexibility and greater options provide surgeons with more control over the lens-removal procedure, which potentially offers the reduced risk of complications.

 

Features

• The Infiniti™ Vision System’s tri-modal energy delivery options offer surgeons greater choice in picking the surgical method best suited to their patient’s needs.
• The AquaLase^®* Liquefaction Device is a completely new lens removal method that uses pulsed surgical solution to safely break up and remove the natural lens material.   This method represents the first departure from the industry standard for almost 20 years, and is only available with the Alcon Infiniti™ Vision System.  It breaks up the clouded lens with pulses of warm, naturally balanced solution to “wash away” the lens.  The new technology may reduce the risk of thermal burns and other potential complications.
• Industry standard, advanced ultrasound phacoemulsification, also is an option with the Infiniti™ Vision System.  With this method, a metal probe vibrating at ultrasound frequency is used to soften and break up the lens.  The Infiniti™ Vision System features an improved ultrasound handpiece that makes it easier for surgeons to hold and control.
• A third method uses both ultrasound and oscillation to help break up the cataract faster, and may allow the surgeon greater control of lens tissue than traditional ultrasound.

 

Availability

• Debuted at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) Symposium, April 2003, in San Francisco. 
• Became available to U.S. ophthalmologists in late-summer 2003.
  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*AquaLase® is based on technology invented by Mark S. Andrew, MD and Mylina Lincoln-Andrew, MS