Avedro Announces CE Approval for Lasik Xtra(TM)

WALTHAM, Mass., Jan 04, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Avedro, Inc. announced today that the Company's proprietary Lasik Xtra procedure has received CE Approval. Lasik Xtra is a two minute procedure used in conjunction with standard Lasik to restore the biomechanical integrity and strength to the cornea after a Lasik procedure. Lasik Xtra has been successfully used in thousands of Lasik surgeries outside the US.

"Cross-linking within a LASIK procedure using Lasik Xtra is simple, fast and safe," said A. John Kanellopoulos, MD, a leading refractive surgeon and member of Avedro's Medical Advisory Board. "In studies we'll be reporting at ASCRS in April we've found that after almost two years of follow-up, hyperopes appear to have a completely different clinical course if we employ prophylactic cross-linking in their LASIK procedures. Hyperopic LASIK typically regresses more than myopic LASIK."

Lasik Xtra combines VibeX(TM) (riboflavin ophthalmic solution) with its KXL(TM) System (UVA irradiation) to achieve accelerated corneal cross-linking during a Lasik procedure. "Avedro has the only cross-linking products specifically CE approved for performing Lasik Xtra and we are pleased to offer those products to a growing number of ophthalmologists and their Lasik patients outside the US," said David Muller, CEO of Avedro.

source: Avedro