Alcon announces new time-motion study results for Unity VCS

Alcon (ALC) announced results from time and motion studies demonstrating efficiency with Unity Vitreoretinal Cataract System for vitreoretinal and cataract surgery compared to Constellation Vision System and Centurion Vision System with Active Sentry. The studies were presented during the 25th Euretina Congress, The Retina Society’s 58th Annual Scientific Meeting and the 43rd Congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons. The first study-a prospective, observational, controlled, multi-site time and motion study-used objective, videography-based measurements to directly compare Unity VCS against the Constellation Vision System in vitreoretinal surgery. Investigators assessed the duration of console set-up, intraoperative time and tear-down time of 25-gauge vitrectomy surgeries. Study results demonstrated Unity VCS provides a 16% efficiency gain in overall workflow. Unity VCS provides statistically significant efficiencies in console set-up and tear-down. The second study presented-an observational, pre-post, multi-site time and motion analysis evaluated console setup and full procedure turnover for cataract surgeries using Unity VCS with either the Intelligent Sentry handpiece or the Active Sentry handpiece, compared to the Centurion Vision System with Active Sentry handpiece. The results of the study demonstrate that Unity VCS reduces cataract surgery turnover time by 6%. In addition, reductions in total energy into the eye and ultrasound time, were observed.