Reduces US time and energy1

  • More rapid sculpting due to increased width
  • Increased efficiency when sculpting dense nucleus
  • Increased cavitation

Improves fluidic performance

Bubble-Free hub design

 

  
Articles:
Flared phacoemulsification tips to decrease ultrasound time and energy in cataract surgery.  by James I. McNeill, MD
New technology improves clinical performance of 2001 Alcon Legacy. by Richard J. Mackool, MD
 
 

 

  
Vortex™ Phaco Tips 20/21


 

 

Phaco Procedure:
Tip Opening:
Tip Shaft:
Infusion Sleeve
Hub design:		 Bi-manual or Small Incision
0.9mm
0.8mm
20-gauge (beige)
Bubble Free
20-gauge (0.9 mm) tip opening, 21-gauge (0.8mm) shaft
Catalog Number Description                            Packaged - 6/box

5230V-OP Optima 20/21 Vortex Phaco Tip 30° - Round  
5230H20-OP Optima 20/21 Vortex Phaco Tip 30° - Round, High
Efficiency Curved 20°
Optima phaco tips are compatible with the Alcon Legacy handpiece (Legacy
and Universal II machines)
Each tip is packaged with Infusion Sleeve (1), and Tip Wrench (1).

 

Vortex™ Phaco Tips 19/20
   
  

Phaco Procedure:
Tip Opening:
Tip Shaft:
Infusion Sleeve
Hub design:		 Bi-manual or Small Incision
1.1mm
0.9mm
19-gauge (blue)
Bubble Free
19-gauge (1.1 mm) tip opening, 20-gauge (0.9mm) shaft
Catalog Number Description                            Packaged - 6/box

5530V-OP Optima 19/20 Vortex Phaco Tip 30° - Round
5530H20-OP Optima 19/20 Vortex Phaco Tip 30° - Round, High
Efficiency Curved 20°
Optima phaco tips are compatible with the Alcon Legacy handpiece (Legacy
and Universal II machines)
Each tip is packaged with Infusion Sleeve (1), and Tip Wrench (1).

1McNeil, JI, Flared phacoemulsification tips to decrease ultrasound time and energy in cataract surgery.  J Cataract Refract Surg 2001;27:1433-1436