World’s first VICTUS femtosecond laser cataract surgery machine was inaugurated by Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, former President of India, at Maxivision Eye Care Hospital in Hyderabad.

VICTUS is the most advanced innovative technology breakthrough in the field of eye surgery. It uses very short pulses of laser which are of the duration 10-15th part of a second.

This technology essentially helps doctors to conduct cataract, refractive and therapeutic procedures of the eye on a single platform. The laser machine would enable eye surgeons to perform computer controlled precise, accurate and reproducible incisions compared to current manual procedures.

“Hyderabad is one of the intellectual hubs of India in the field of medicine. The medical fraternity should strive to develop innovative technology at affordable costs so that it reaches to the larger spectrum of people in need”, said the former nuclear scientist.  Dr Kalam further suggested that teams of experts should be formed to explore the multidimensional uses of femtosecond laser in treating various eye ailments.
 
Application specialist, Tauf, from Germany, who was also present at the inauguration function, said, “It is the most advanced machine which uses femtosecond laser technology to perform eye surgeries. Already the machine was under test since 2010 and has cleared all performance tests with very high accuracy.”

So far 450 eye operations have been successfully performed by the hospital without any complications.  This successful clinical research has enabled it to get approved of CE (European Conformity) mark in the European Union.

Dr Kasu Prasad Reddy, a leading ophthalmologist and the founder of Maxivision Eye Care Hospital has played a vital role in bringing this technology to India. “The laser refractive surgery (LRCS) offered by VICTUS platform will allow ophthalmologists to create more precise, controlled and centred incision that allows access to the cataract clouded lens. It enables effective treatment in short duration as there are no physical cuts involved and the patients can be sure of 100 per cent success,” he said.