Taking pride of place on Designs for Vision (DFV) stand in the exhibitor hall of the RANZCO NZ conference was Optotek’s new OptoSLT nano, a selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) device for non-invasive, primary or secondary treatment of raised intraocular pressure (IOP) in glaucoma.
Device Technologies’ Ian Hopkins and Mitch Varnam joined Kiwi rep Diego Sonderegger on Device’s stand at the RANZCO NZ conference to demonstrate the newly introduced Melag steriliser systems.
Recently introduced to the New Zealand market, Azul Optics’ MPeye measures macular pigmentation for preventative care of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
VR training significantly reduced cataract surgery complications reported a UK study.
The Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed it’s moved away from the idea of building a single Electronic Health Record (EHR) towards developing a national health information platform (HIP) allowing easier sharing of patient data, reported Health Informatics New Zealand (HiNZ).
Vivior has developed the Visual Behaviour Monitor - AI software that recognises and matches individual’s visual behaviour data with available intraocular lenses to optimise lens selection for
An innovation in glaucoma screening has won a University of Auckland Velocity entrepreneurial development prize.Named Vision Psyence by its creators, Professor Steven Dakin and PhD student Soheil
Innovative eye care technology enterprise oDocs has scooped a major US$100,000 Dubai World Expo Live Innovation Impact Grant from the United Arab Emirates for research and development work.Company
A Polish study has found there’s no increased risk to patients who didn’t attend a follow up appointment in person the day after having standard phacoemulsification cataract surgery (PCS).
Scientists have 3D printed an artificial cornea made from a bioink of decellularised corneal stroma and stem cells, which has a similar transparency to a human cornea.
Professor Helen Danesh-Meyer, the Sir William and Lady Stevenson professor of ophthalmology at Auckland University and chair of Glaucoma New Zealand, is the first New Zealander to be invited to give the international keynote address at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery’s (ASCRS
Fourth year medical student Waldir Rodrigues De Souza Jr from the University of Otago, was introduced as the latest Gordon Sanderson scholar at the 2019 RANZCO NZ conference for his research into applying artificial intelligence (AI) to detect glaucoma.
