Technology News

Daily life can be frustrating. Everybody, at least once, has had problems with their Internet connection. You’re in front of your computer, in a hurry to check your email account or PubMed research, and the Internet connection does not work.

With FDA clearance of three intraoperative OCT systems over the past 2 years, the technology is rapidly moving from potential to practice.

A critical element in any successful surgical procedure is the ability to visualize the tissue being manipulated surgically. I have often said to my fellows that while steady hands are definitely an asset, ophthalmic surgery is a “visual sport,” and seeing clearly what is being operated upon is critical to a successful outcome. During my residency training, many surgeons were still using loupes for intracapsular cataract extraction while others were pioneering the use of the operating microscope. The operating microscope changed the way we see in ophthalmic surgery, and for 40 years we have benefited from ever better optics and illumination.

Medical equipment has always been very expensive. Even bolts, nuts or those small lamps inside your beloved slit lamps cost a hundred times more than the ones you can buy in any hardware store.

Second Sight Medical Products announced an exclusive agreement with Tecnosalud for the company to distribute its Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System in Argentina, according to a press release.

Ocular Surgery News APAO, Europe and Latin America Editions are relaunching in a new digital format. As the world of digital publishing continues to evolve, Ocular Surgery News strives to keep pace and deliver news to our readers in the best format available. Beginning in January we are switching to an all HTML, mobile-optimized format, with new monthly publications for our global readership.

High-speed photography captures images with a remarkably quick shutter speed, and it is mostly used for capturing moments that are not appreciated with the naked eye. It is the art of photographing a rapidly occurring event. Scientists have used high-speed photography to study physical movement, measuring phenomena such as surface tension and gravitational effects. It is also employed for tracking the accuracy of missiles and rockets and recording the sequence of events at the core of nuclear explosions. Sports photographers use high-speed photography to shoot fast-moving sporting events and to enhance the performance of athletes by analyzing their speed and movements.

Smartphone ophthalmoscopy images may nearly equal the quality and diagnostic utility of traditional fundus camera images, according to a study.

Smart Vision Labs announced that clinical testing results on its SVOne autorefractor were comparable with subjective refraction and an office-based autorefractor when measuring refractive error under cycloplegic and non-cycloplegic conditions in young adults with normal vision, according to a press release.

LAS VEGAS — Visunex Medical Systems has launched the PanoCam LT Wide-field Digital Imaging System and PanoCam Review Software to help further telemedicine and introduce universal screening of all newborns, according to a presentation here.