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.
Chalam
K V
KV
University of Florida College of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, 580 West 8th Street, Tower 2, 3rd Floor, Jacksonville, FL 32209, USA.
Gupta
Shailesh K
SK
Agarwal
Swati
S
D006801:Humans; D007909:Lenses; D013242:Sterilization; D014821:Vitrectomy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000601:surgery*