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Can Ultrasound be Used to Treat Glaucoma?

Posted By Dr. Ari Weitzner On August 15, 2016 @ 1:29 am In Clinical Trials,Glaucoma,New Technologies | Comments Disabled

EyeSonix is sponsoring a new study to evaluate whether its Therapeutic Ultrasound for Glaucoma (TUG) device is safe and effective in treating patients with primary open angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension.

The study is presently recruiting participants. Click here [1] for details.

Click here [2] to access the results of an earlier clinical study on using a low-frequency low-power ultrasound device to lower intraocular pressure published by Dr. Donald Schwartz, the founder of EyeSonix, in the Journal of Therapeutic Ultrasound in September 2014.

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[1] Click here: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02858284

[2] Click here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4266006/

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