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Consumer alert: LADARVision®

Last updated January 2005

Consumer alert FAQ

Summary: What the LADARVision® is, why LaserMyEye is cautioning consumers, how long the alert will remain in effect and more.

January 2005 EyeWorld report

Summary: Discusses allegations of high retreatment rates an on the LADARVision and airs views from various ophthalmologists.

21 December 2004 Fox (Chicago) broadcast

The Fox Focus (Mark Saxenmeyer reporting) investigates and reports on the LADARVision allegations. [We will have a link to the video by Jan 16.]

19 November 2004 testimony by Morris Waxler, PhD

Summary: Excerpts from transcript of expert testimony given by Morris Waxler PhD in the EBW Laser lawsuit and PDF downloads of transcript and of complaint in the context of which the testimony was given.

28 August 2004 Times report

Summary: The Times [London] published a front-page story on August 28 reporting on allegations by surgeons and companies that LADARVision® units were malfunctioning and harming patients. The report referred to, among other things, a document alleged to have been leaked from within Alcon and to information from more than twenty surgeons.

Original LaserMyEye consumer alert

Summary: This is the FAQ page we originally published immediately after the August 28 Times report to alert consumers to the fact that serious allegations had been raised and what was their nature and extent, and to advise patients who believed they had been injured on what to do.

 


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