Carl Zeiss to Launch VisuMax Lasik System
Apr 30, 2007 — Germany-based Carl Zeiss Meditec announced it will launch the newly developed VisuMax system for laser keratome (corneal sugery) applications later this year. The system uses a femtosecond fiber laser, the FCPA Jewel, developed by IMRA America Inc., an Ann Arbor, Mich., research and development company owned by Aisin Seiki Co. Ltd. of Kariya City, Japan. The companies have spent several years working together to develop the VisuMax. Lasik (laser-assisted in-situ keratomileusis), the most common...