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FDA Clears Ciliatech IDE for US Feasibility Study of Intercil Uveal Spacer

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8 September 2026

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Fusion42 · 8 September 2026 · Fusion42 review

FDA has approved Ciliatech's Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) to start a US feasibility study for the Intercil Uveal Spacer, an implant targeting primary open-angle glaucoma patients needing intervention beyond conventional minimally invasive glaucoma surgery but not yet candidates for filtering surgery.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Medtech.

◆ The Wire takeaway

Your medtech startup can now reconsider US glaucoma treatment strategies around supraciliary implants as a new patient segment opens between MIGS and filtering surgeries.

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1 source · 8 Sep 2026

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