novel approaches to

illuminate the eye

LED technology supports ophthalmic surgery.

Currently, light fibres connected to external light sources are used to ­illuminate the posterior chamber of the eye.

Controlling the light intensity reaching the retina, the distance to the retina, as well as the exposure time of light is currently not possible ­using these fibres.

Novel approaches using specially designed light sources within the eye are very promising. In addition the interaction of illumination with tissues and ophthalmic liquids is currently being studied.

 

  

 

Literature

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Koelbl, P.S., Hessling, M., Lingenfelder, C. et al. Higher Risk of Light-Induced Retinal Damage Due to Increase of Intraocular Irradiance by Endoillumination. Ophthalmol Ther (2018).
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Koelbl PS, Werner JU, Enders C, Lingenfelder C, Koch FHJ, Hessling M. Short-Term Intraocular Pressure Rise during Locally Induced Force by Ophthalmologic Surgery Applications. Ophthalmic Res. 2018 May 31:1-9. doi: 10.1159/000488493.
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Philipp Simon Koelbl; Frank H. J. Koch; Christian Lingenfelder; Martin Hesslin. New illuminations approaches with single-use micro LEDs endoilluminators for the pars plana vitrectomy. Proceedings Volume 10474, Ophthalmic Technologies XXVIII; 104741I (2018)
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Christian Lingenfelder, Frank Koch, Philipp Koelbl, Pia Klante, Martin Hessling. Transscleral LED illumination pen. Biomed. Eng. Lett. DOI 10.1007/s13534-017-0039-y. June 2017.
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