Tele-manufactured affordable smartphone anterior segment microscope.
The recent advances in mobile technology have made the smartphone a powerful and accessible tool. This article describe the development of a novel smartphone-based anterior segment microscope that is compatible with tele-manufacturing. The anterior segment microscope is equipped with both cobalt-blue and red-free filters that can be used for clinical photo-documentation. The digital files of the microscope are transferrable and compatible with additive-manufacturing. Therefore, the entire device can be locally manufactured with rapid prototyping techniques such as 3D printing.
Gisborne Hospital, Gisborne, New Zealand. hschiong@gmail.com.
Hong Sheng
HS
Chiong
Dunedin Hospital, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Joyce Lim Luann
JL
Fang
Gisborne Hospital, Gisborne, New Zealand.
Graham
G
Wilson
D000869:Anterior Eye Segment / Q000166:cytology*; D006801:Humans; D008853:Microscopy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D000068997:Smartphone / Q000191:economics; D017216:Telemedicine
cornea; smartphone; telemedicine