The Food and Drug Administration recently approved the CyPass Micro-Stent for the treatment of glaucoma.
The stent, produced by Fort Worth, Texas-based Alcon, is a micro-invasive surgical device used to reduce intraocular pressure in patients with mild to moderate primary open-angle glaucoma.
A surgeon implants the stent under the surface of the eye, allowing the device to drain excess fluid from the eye to reduce intraocular pressure.
The FDA based its approval on positive results from a two-year study of the stent that included more than 500 glaucoma patients. About 73 percent of patients treated with the CyPass Micro-Stent showed a statistically significant decrease in intraocular pressure.
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