"First In-Human Randomized Controlled Study Compares Phaco With miLOOP and Phaco Alone" - Liz Hillman
It has been a year since miLOOP, an instrument with super elastic, nitinol microfilament that wraps around a cataract for centripetal endocapsular nuclear disassembly, was introduced. Researchers evaluated the efficacy of miLOOP in dense, mature cataract cases compared to traditional phacoemulsification. “We’re showing that in the hands of great surgeons, very experienced choppers, and with the top-of-the-line, latest equipment with torsional ultrasound, you can dramatically reduce heat and energy delivered to the eye by using the miLOOP,” said Sean Ianchulev, MD, MPH, director of the ophthalmic innovation and technology program at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, and co-founder of the miLOOP technology and lantech. “Unlike femto and lasers that do prepare the lens … [miLOOP] is a simple, hand-held instrument that uses no energy to prepare the lens to segment it and make phaco easier.”
- Sean Ianchulev, MD, MPH, Professor, Ophthalmology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Director of the Ophthalmic Innovation and Technology Program, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai