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Zeiss launches ultra-widefield fundus imaging system
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LAS VEGAS – Zeiss Medical Technology announced the launch of the Clarus 500 ultra-widefield, high-resolution retinal imaging system here at Vision Expo West.
Clarus 500 combines true color with high-resolution clarity down to 7 microns in an ultra-widefield view from the macula to the far periphery, the company announced in a press release.
Angelo Rago, head of global ophthalmic diagnostics for Zeiss, told Primary Care Optometry News that the Clarus combines ultra-widefield imaging and a fundus camera in one device that can also perform fundus autofluorescence.
A company representative explained to PCON that one shot captures 133 degrees. Two images are taken of each eye, one slightly nasal and one slightly temporal. However, some retinal specialists only take one per eye, he said. A live preview of the fundus is provided before image capture.
He added that the system can also take anterior segment photos.
“Clinicians are finding that by imaging a larger area of the retina, they have the possibility of uncovering more pathology, aiding in earlier disease diagnosis and better patient management,” Jim Mazzo, global president of ophthalmic devices at Carl Zeiss Meditec, said in the press release. – by Nancy Hemphill, ELS, FAAO