Schwind Installs 2,000th Eye Laser

Schwind announces a milestone with the 2,000th Schwind laser system for refractive corneal surgery being installed in the Ayrshire Eye Clinic in Ayr, Scotland, by Prof. Sathish Srinivasan, founder and Medical Director.

“With the Schwind AMARIS 1050RS, we will focus on treating our refractive patients with the touch-free TransPRK/SmartSurfACE method,” Prof. Srinivasan, who is the current president of the UK and Ireland Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, said in a company news release.

With Schwind AMARIS excimer lasers, users have performed around 8 million treatments to date, according to Schwind. With 4 million treatments, LASIK performed with a femtosecond laser or a microkeratome is the most frequently chosen method. Touch-free TransPRK/SmartSurfACE continues to enjoy strong demand with about 1.9 million treatments performed. Currently around 30 percent of all treatments are performed as TransPRK/SmartSurfACE procedures.

“We are proud to have topped the milestone of 2,000 installed laser systems,”Schwind CEO Rolf Schwind said in the news release. “The large number shows clearly that ourSchwind AMARIS product family is a continued success story and enjoys high popularity around the globe.”

Two-thirds of Schwind lasers that have been installed so far are marked with the brand name AMARIS.