Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 7 , Pages 1287-1289, July 2005

Device for simulating anterior segment surgery

  • Clifton S. Otto, MD

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From the Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington, USA, and the U.S. Naval Hospital, Yokosuka, Japan

Accepted 23 November 2004.

To provide a more realistic method for practicing anterior segment surgery, a device was designed that incorporates aspects of currently available cadaver globe fixation methods. A Styrofoam head was fitted with a funnel and tubing system that allows for direct application of variable external suction to a globe placed in an artificial socket. Prototypes were tested in a wet lab environment, which demonstrated that this method provides reliable globe fixation and allows for variable control of intraocular pressure during a variety of anterior and posterior segment surgical techniques.

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 Presented as a poster at the ASCRS Symposium on Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery, San Diego, California, USA, May 2004.This device was conceived and created while the author was on active duty in the U.S. Army and is therefore the property of the U.S. Department of Defense. Patent protection is currently being pursued by the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command.The opinions and assertions contained herein are the private views of the author and are not to be construed as official or as reflecting the views of the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, or the Department of Defense.

PII: S0886-3350(04)01229-5

doi:10.1016/j.jcrs.2004.11.036

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 7 , Pages 1287-1289, July 2005

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