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Newsom Bladeless Laser Cataract Surgery Technique

The story of how Newsom Bladeless Laser Cataract Surgery technique came to exist goes back to the summer of 2008. At that time, Newsom Eye was in the planning stages of our AAAHC accredited Ambulatory Surgical Center – The Tampa Surgery Center. It was during that planning that our Founder and Medical Director, T. Hunter Newsom, MD, made a forward-thinking decision that would one day lead to the invention of the Newsom Bladeless Laser Cataract Surgery technique. That decision was to place our femtosecond laser in the sterile confines of the Tampa Surgery Center.

Pictured here is a prototype of the Newsom Bladeless Laser Disc. This device makes the Newsom Bladeless Laser Cataract Surgery technique possible using the femtosecond surgical laser. The femtosecond laser is the laser that surgeons worldwide use to perform the All-Laser LASIK procedure. It is the industry-accepted standard to house and operate the femtosecond laser within clinical office environments and retail office spaces associated with LASIK surgery. However, Dr. Newsom’s strong belief in delivering the highest standard of care led him in a different direction and he determined that his LASIK patients should have their procedures performed in the same sterile and controlled environments as his cataract patients. This decision was key as it meant that the laser would be housed in the same sterile operating room where our team performs cataract surgery.

Soon after opening the Tampa Surgery Center, Dr. Newsom began to think about how the femtosecond laser could be used during cataract surgery. Knowing that the femtosecond laser was capable of producing the most predictable and precise incisions, Dr. Newsom and his research team set out to develop a technique for modifying the femtosecond laser so that the laser might be used to perform micro-incision cataract surgery.

Next, they enlisted trusted medical device supplier Rhein Medical to assist in designing and manufacturing a device that would allow the laser to perform cataract surgery incisions. Through an iterative design process, the team developed the device that we now refer to as the Newsom Bladeless Laser Disk.

Once the device was manufactured to specification, the R&D process consisted of performing clinical trials of corneal laser incisions using donor tissue.

Newsom Bladeless Laser Cataract in Tampa!

After nearly two years, Dr. Newsom’s goal of performing laser cataract surgery was realized when in the summer of 2011 the first patients received the Newsom Bladeless Laser Cataract Surgery technique at the Tampa Surgery Center.

Today, our Newsom Eye team is proud to serve our patients in Tampa, Sebring, and the surrounding areas so they can enjoy their best vision after cataract surgery to meet their unique needs and lifestyle. Experience the difference because you deserve NEWSOM EYES! 

As with any vision-correcting surgical procedure, there is no one-size-fits-all solution. Any patient interested in laser cataract surgery should seek a consultation from a Newsom Eye surgeon to determine if the procedure is right for them.

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