The most critical step on cataract surgery is capsulorhexis, and mastering it takes time and practice. The actual solutions are very costly. The new AR and AI app could be a game changer.

Bioengineering corneal tissue opens up the procedure to many centers and rural areas that do not have eye banks. This may change ophthalmology in those places.

CUSTOM SURGICAL, one of 10 startups from around the world working with downtown Rochester’s Luminate accelerator at NextCorps, is helping to write Rochester’s next chapter in history as the world’s center for optics, photonics, and imaging (OPI). Read the interview with Federico Acosta, CEO of Custom Surgical