Lightweight autoclavable wide-angle contact lens for vitreous surgery.
The authors describe an autoclavable, self-stabilizing, lightweight wide-angle contact lens for vitrectomy. The lens has two optical pieces with perforated plastic casing to sustain a high temperature (150 degrees C) for autoclaving. The lens has a 106 degrees static and 127 degrees dynamic field of view. The footplates and reduced weight (2.4 grams) due to the plastic casing allow self-stabilization of the lens. The open lens design.with high temperature resistant plastic prevents fogging during autoclaving and surgery. The autoclavable, self-stabilizing, lightweight wide-angle contact lens allows visualization of the peripheral retina during surgery and faster sterilization by autoclaving between surgeries without the disadvantage of lens fogging.
University of Florida College of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, 580 West 8th Street, Tower 2, 3rd Floor, Jacksonville, FL 32209, USA.
K V
KV
Chalam
Shailesh K
SK
Gupta
Swati
S
Agarwal
D006801:Humans; D007909:Lenses; D013242:Sterilization; D014821:Vitrectomy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000601:surgery*