Ellex Medical Lasers sells solid-state photodisruptors, photocoagulators and SLT devices for treating cataract, glaucoma and retinal conditions. As of 2007, the only Innovative Imaging Inc product is the Eye Cubed diagnostic ultrasound system. Ellex holds a number of core patents which it claims act to differentiate the laser portfolio. These include: Ellex Medical Lasers Ellex Medical Lasers is an Australia-based company that is engaged in the business of designing, manufacturing and marketing a line of lasers used by ophthalmologists. Ellex manufactures and sells photodisruptors, photocoagulators and selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) system for treating cataract, retina and glaucoma conditions. Ellex was first established as
Glaucoma valve drainage, such as iStent, CyPass, or Hydrus. A Cochrane Review of various aqueous shunts and modifications found that the Baerveldt implant may result in lower IOP than the Ahmed implant, but it was unclear if the difference in IOP reduction was clinically significant. The review suggests that practitioners should operate with the devices that they are most comfortable with, and have the most experience using. The glaucoma valve implant is indicated for glaucoma patients not responding to maximal medical therapy, with previous failed guarded filtering surgery (trabeculectomy) or in cases where conventional drainage surgery is unlikely to succeed. Common situations