MENLO PARK, Calif., Aug. 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sight Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: SGHT), an eyecare technology company focused on developing and commercializing innovative solutions intended to transform care and improve patients’ lives, today announced 36-month post-surgery follow-up results of the OMNI® Surgical System. The data demonstrates that the OMNI Surgical System delivers safe, consistent, and durable results in adult patients with open-angle glaucoma (OAG) on a standalone basis.
The study showed that canaloplasty followed by trabeculotomy using the OMNI® Surgical System achieved a mean reduction in intraocular pressure (IOP) of at least 20 percent for all 26 patients (38 eyes) at 36 months follow-up. At 12, 24 and 36 months after surgery, patients’ mean preoperative IOP post medication washout decreased from 24.6±3.2 mmHg to 14.5±1.7 mmHg, 14.2±2.0 mmHg…