Alcon Selects Bruker ContourGT 3D Microscope for Intra-Ocular Lens R&D
30 August 2011 - 9:00PM
Business Wire
Bruker announced today that Alcon Corporation has selected the
Bruker ContourGT®-X8 Optical Surface Profiler to provide
non-destructive, non-contact reference metrology for critical
dimensioning and 3D characterization of Alcon’s current and
next-generation intra-ocular lenses (IOLs). Alcon is the global
leader in eye care, offering the widest spectrum of eye care
products across surgical, pharmaceutical and vision care.
ContourGT-X8 (Photo: Business Wire)
“The ContourGT-X8 is Bruker’s flagship optical profiler,
offering the most advanced capabilities in enhanced metrology
hardware and parallel processing Vision64® software,” said Robert
M. Loiterman, Vice President and General Manager of Bruker’s Stylus
and Optical Metrology Business in Tucson, Arizona.
“We are confident that the many innovative enhancements on the
ContourGT 3D microscope platform, such as the increased
brightness dual HB-LED light source, lower noise-floor and industry
leading 64-bit Vision64 software with parallel processing, will
meet Alcon’s demanding metrology requirements,” commented Andrew
Masters, Vice President of Strategic Marketing and Business
Development of Bruker’s Nano Surfaces Division.
About the ContourGT Family
Introduced in 2010, the ContourGT family of 3D
microscopes features Bruker-patented, high-brightness dual-LED
illumination that, when combined with the family’s superior
vertical resolution, greatly improves sensitivity and stability and
enables precision non-contact 3D surface metrology in difficult
applications and environments that are challenging for other
systems. The ContourGT family also features the new
Bruker-developed and patent-pending Vision64® operating and
analysis software that includes parallel processing for enhanced
throughput, optional AcuityXR™ capabilities for beyond
optical-diffraction-limit profiling and the industry’s most
intuitive, modular user interface that provides
user-level-customization capabilities for a wide range of surface
profiling metrology applications. For more information, or to
schedule a demo, please call +1 (520) 741-1044 ext. 3, email
productinfo@bruker-nano.com or visit
www.bruker-axs.com/contourgt_optical_profilers.html.
About Bruker Corporation
Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR) is a leading global
manufacturer of scientific instruments that address the needs of a
diverse array of research and production customers in materials,
chemical analysis, life science and pharmaceutical, biotechnology
and molecular diagnostics research. For more information about
Bruker Corporation, please visit www.bruker.com.
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