Euclid Systems To Submit Ortho-K Contact Lens PMA For Overnight Wear
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Euclid Systems will submit a premarket approval application for the nighttime use of orthokeratology rigid gas-permeable extended wear (Ortho-K) contact lenses immediately upon completion of clinical data analysis, expected imminently.
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