ZEI imprees with APM: VISALIS 500 from ZEI Imprees with Reduced Phaco Energy and Improved Chamber Stability

AMSTERDAM/The Netherlands, JENA/Germany, 05.10.2013.

With its Advanced Power Modulation (APMTM), the VISALIS 500 ensures that the ophthalmologist can clearly reduce the energy entering the lens nucleus during phacoemsulification and control the fluidics more effectively. Unlike traditional systems, APM combines the benefits of the two common ultrasound modulations (pulse & burst), leading to a considerable improvement in the treatment outcome. For the surgeon, this means faster surgery.

"With the APM mode of our VISALIS 500 we are assisting our customers in optimizing their work and in enabling faster acuity recovery for their patients," says Dr. Ludwin Monz, President and CEO of Carl Zeiss Meditec AG.

Experts in Germany, Sweden, France, Spain, Italy and India have subjected the system to detailed testing and compared procedures conducted with a ZEISS VISALIS with APM mode to those conducted with a VISALIS with traditional phaco mode. They all agree that the phaco energy can be clearly reduced with APM by an average of 50 percent. For hart cataracts of grade 4-5, an approximate reduction of as much of 73 percent was achieved.

This energy reduction leads to better protection of the corneal epithelium and therefore to enhanced patient safety. With APM, more patients display a clear cornea and a more healthy cell structure on the first day after surgery. APM also increases chamber stability by 32% compared to conventional pulse technology.

The medical professionals taking part in the studies saw this as a major advantage. Prof. Dr. Norbert K rber of the Eye Center in Cologne, Germany, for example, says: "I am impressed at how easy it is to emulsify even a very dense cataract and yet keep the lens chamber very stable at the same time." The number of patients displaying a clear cornea and good visual performance on the first day after surgery is very convincing."

Jann Gerrit Ohlendorf

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Carl Zeiss Meditec AG

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Sebastian Frericks

Director Investor Relations

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG

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