AMO Abbott Medical Optics

About Advanced Medical Optics Advanced Medical Optics (AMO) develops life-improving vision technologies for people of all ages.

The company focuses on developing a broad suite of innovative technologies and devices to address a wide range of eye disorders. Products in the contact lens care line include disinfecting solutions, enzymatic cleaners and lens rewetting drops.

Products in the ophthalmic surgical line include intraocular lenses, laser vision correction systems, phacoemulsification systems, viscoelastics and related products used in cataract and refractive surgery. AMO is based in Santa Ana, California, and employs approximately 4,200 worldwide.

The company has operations in 24 countries and markets products in approximately 60 countries. AMO securities is listed as EYE on the New York Stock Exchange. AMO is dedicated to advancing the science of vision through continuous development of innovative technologies that enhance patient outcomes and improve practitioner productivity.

We deliver our products through three complementary businesses, each providing specific solutions to address patients’ refractive needs at certain stages of life.

• Our Eye Care business captures teens and young adults as they are introduced to contact lens wear. We work with their eye care practitioners to offer contact lens disinfection, cleaning and wetting formulations that protect and lubricate ocular surfaces, relieve dryness and irritation and increase overall contact lens comfort.
• Our Laser Vision Correction business focuses on refractive patients over age 21 seeking freedom from eye glasses or contact lenses. As the world’s No. 1 laser vision correction company, we offer refractive practices the industry’s most advanced technologies. These are designed to achieve superior visual outcomes with fewer complications, enhance surgeon productivity and break down consumer fears regarding LASIK treatments.
• Our Cataract/Implant business addresses needs of patients over age 60 and suffering from cataracts and presbyopia.

We provide ultrasonic lens removal systems, viscoelastics, aspheric IOLs that provide improved functional vision by reducing spherical aberration and multifocal IOLs that provide excellent near, intermediate and distance vision without eyeglasses. With our innovations, ophthalmic surgeons can optimise each patient’s visual function based on their individual need.

Our ability to link our businesses together to form a potent technological offering is our point of differentiation in the market and the cornerstone of our complete refractive solution approach. AMO is also an active corporate citizen supporting a variety of charitable organisations including the American Red Cross, United Way and Optometry Giving Site.

AMO also provides products to doctors who embark on missions to improve the quality of eye care in underdeveloped countries.