Medical Devices Industry Reports Ocular Implant Market | Page 2

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Ocular Implant Market – Overview
Ocular implants are type of craniofacial prosthesis that replace an absent natural eye, following an enucleation,
evisceration, or orbital exenteration. There are different types of ocular implants ranging from shape such as
spherical and oval, stock and custom. The basic simplification of implants can be to divide into two main groups:
non-integrated (non-porous) and integrated (porous). Ocular implant helps to improve the appearance of people
with defective eye or with lost eye. Ocular implants are also called as glass eye or artificial eye.
Increasing product launches for different types ocular implants that are widely used in ophthalmic surgery to
correct ophthalmic deformities is expected to drive global ocular implant market growth. For instance, in
February 2019, EyePoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc. launched its YUTIQ in the U.S. YUTIQ is three-year intravitreal
micro-insert for the treatment of chronic non-infectious uveitis affecting the posterior segment of the eye. The
product was approved by U.S. FDA in October 2018.
Moreover, increasing prevalence of ocular dysfunction and disorder is expected to drive growth of the global
ocular implant market. For instance, in January 2019, according to Glaucoma research foundation, currently, there
are over 3 million people in the U.S. that have been diagnosed with glaucoma. The National Eye Institute projects
that this number will be increased by 58% and expected to reach 4.2 million by 2030.