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Visionworks and Pittsburgh Zoo Team up to Improve the Vision of Needy People

Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium and Visionworks teamed up last month to gather over 4.500 recycled prescription spectacles.

25 May 2010

KMG Digital Unveils New Eco-Friendly Optical Media Packaging

KMG Digital announces the introduction of Eco-Friendly optical media packaging that removes over 98% of all plastic packaging components from the consumer waste stream.

25 May 2010

BIOLASE, P+G Partner to Launch Light-Based Oral Care Devices

BIOLASE Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLTI), the world's leading dental laser company, announced today that it has signed a license agreement with The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) to enable BIOLASE to launch light-based oral care devices to dental professionals.

From Biolase Technology, Inc. 24 May 2010

Experts to Discuss Night Vision Systems at Conference in Virginia

IDGA announces its 5th Night Vision Systems conference, to take place July 26 – 28, 2010 at the Sheraton National Hotel in Arlington, VA.

24 May 2010

JEOL Launches New SpiralTOF Ion Optical System

JEOL USA announced today the introduction of the company’s first commercially available MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer, the JEOL JMS-S3000 SpiralTOF™.

24 May 2010

Ocimum Announces Mass Spectrometry Services Using MALDI-TOF System

Ocimum Biosolutions has introduced mass spectrometry services in India by using its (Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight) MALDI-TOF system.

21 May 2010

Volcano Announces Successful Completion of Clinical Trials Using its OCT System

Volcano Corporation announced today the successful completion of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) cases with Volcano's second generation OCT catheter and system.

21 May 2010

New Quantum Interface Developed Based on Ultra-Thin Glass Fiber

Physicists at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz have developed a quantum interface which connects light particles and atoms.

21 May 2010

Dental Curing Lights Utilize UV Blocking Glass to Limit Tissue’s Heat Exposure

Dental curing lights utilize coated glass filters, such as a UV blocking glass, to selectively emit specific bands of light.

From ZC&R Coatings for Optics, Inc. 21 May 2010

Fritz Ruck Chosen to Market Tek-Clear Intraocular Lens in Germany

Tekia, Inc., an ophthalmic medical device company, announced today it has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement, for Germany, with Fritz Ruck/T-MED of Baesweiler, Germany to market its Tek-Clear Accommodative Intraocular Lens used in the treatment of presbyopia, an eye disorder that affects near vision in middle age and older people worldwide.

21 May 2010