Before her invention, cataract surgery was effective but crude. Surgeons used a mechanical drill-like tool (a rotating burr) to grind away the cloudy lens. The procedure was loud, imprecise, and generated significant heat that could damage the delicate cornea.
She once said: "I was driven by the need to help. The need to care. The need to solve."
Hold a pen in your hand. Now imagine that pen firing a cool, precise laser beam. That was her vision. The Laserphaco Probe uses a laser to vaporize cataracts in milliseconds, then sucks out the remaining lens material through a tiny tube.
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Before her invention, cataract surgery was effective but crude. Surgeons used a mechanical drill-like tool (a rotating burr) to grind away the cloudy lens. The procedure was loud, imprecise, and generated significant heat that could damage the delicate cornea.
She once said: "I was driven by the need to help. The need to care. The need to solve." evelyn claire bath
Hold a pen in your hand. Now imagine that pen firing a cool, precise laser beam. That was her vision. The Laserphaco Probe uses a laser to vaporize cataracts in milliseconds, then sucks out the remaining lens material through a tiny tube. Before her invention, cataract surgery was effective but
Have you ever heard of Dr. Bath before? Share this story—because history is full of heroes who don’t always make the front page. She once said: "I was driven by the need to help
Dr. Bath’s answer was .
She asked the obvious question: Why?