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AAO Phaco Advisory Board Survey

AAO Phaco Advisory Board Pre-Meeting Survey
 
 

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Current Phaco Market Assessment
 
 
 
1. Which phaco system do you primarily use in the majority of your cataract surgeries?
 
Abbott WhiteStar Signature
 
Abbott Sovereign Compact
 
Abbott Compact Intuitiv
 
Alcon Centurion
 
Alcon Infiniti
 
B&L Stellaris
 
DORC EVA
 
Oertli OS4
 
Synergetics VersaVIT
 
Other, please specify
 
 
 
2. Please rate your primary phaco system as indicated in the question above on each of the following criteria
using a rating scale of 1 to 10 with 1=Extremely Dissatisfied and 10=Extremely Satisfied
Extremely DissatisfiedExtremely Satisfied
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Overall satisfaction
Ease of programming and priming
Advanced fluidics
Chamber stability
Handpiece performance
Footpedal control
Level of noise generated
 
 
3. Please rate the importance of each of the following phaco system features using a rating scale of 1 to 10 with
1=Not at all Important and 10=Extremely Important
Not at all ImportantExtremely Important
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Improved followability
Improved holdability
Chamber stability
Post occlusion surge (POS) management
IOP management
System size/footprint
Visual appearance (high-tech looking)
Footpedal performance
Handpiece performance
Screen size
User interface appearance and ease-of-use
 
 
4. How important is the purchase and selection of a phaco system to your practice compared to other cataract surgery products?
Please use a rating scale of 1 to 10 with 1=Least Important and 10=Most Important
Least ImportantMost Important
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
How Important?
 
 
 
5. Assuming outcomes and performance is at parity, what are the top two factors driving your phaco purchasing decision?
Please select two.
 
Cost
 
Space
 
Technology/features
 
Peer recommendation
 
Sales rep relationship/expertise
 
Patient preference
 
Other, please specify
 

 
 
 
6. Which phaco systems currently on the market would you consider as having the latest/best technology capabilities and why?
 
Abbott WhiteStar Signature
 
Abbott Sovereign Compact
 
Abbott Compact Intuitiv
 
Alcon Centurion
 
Alcon Infiniti
 
B&L Stellaris
 
DORC EVA
 
Oertli OS4
 
Synergetics VersaVIT
 
Other, please specify
 

 
 
 
7. Assuming a company can resource smaller incremental improvements on a regular basis, or greater technological improvements less frequently, which is more desirable (assume regular software updates and bug fixes are done routinely every year or two in addition)?
 
New platform every five years, each with incremental technological improvements
 
New platform every 10 years, each with much greater technological improvements
 
Does not matter, just keep up with the market and the competition
 
 
 
Abbott Phaco Portfolio
 
 
 
8. What do you feel are the strengths of the Abbott phaco portfolio?
   
 
 
 
9. What do you feel are the weaknesses of the Abbott phaco portfolio?
   
 
 
 
10. If you were Abbott, given market trends and competitor approaches, what would your advice be for the development of future systems?
   
 
 
 
Phaco Innovation and Customer Needs
 
 
 
11. What are the top 3 pain points in phaco that you are looking for the industry to address?
   
 
 
 
12. What is the one gap that no current phaco system addresses today?
   
 
 
 
13. What additional capabilities would you like to see in a new phaco system?
   
 
 
 
14. What existing technology inside or outside your OR would you like to see integrated into a new phaco system?
   
 
 
 
15. What would you consider to be breakthrough technology in the phaco system market?
   
 
 
 
16. Please provide your Name:
   
 
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