OMNIMED-II - A NEW SYSTEM FOR USE WITH THE EMPHASIS ERODIBLE MASK

Authors
FRIEDMAN MD BITTENSON S BRODSKY L DANSEREAU J GAUTHIER V GRECO M JOHNSSON NMF KRAUSS R
Citation
Md. Friedman et al., OMNIMED-II - A NEW SYSTEM FOR USE WITH THE EMPHASIS ERODIBLE MASK, Journal of refractive and corneal surgery, 10(2), 1994, pp. 267-273
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Ophthalmology,Surgery
Journal title
Journal of refractive and corneal surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
10810803
Volume
10
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Supplement
S
Pages
267 - 273
Database
ISI
SICI code
1081-0803(1994)10:2<267:O-ANSF>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Clinical experience has shown the emphasis erodible mask to be an effe ctive method for performing photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) using an eyecup placed in contact with the corneal surface. A new system (Omni Med 11) which incorporates the erodible mask as an element in the opti cal delivery system has been developed for performing photorefractive keratectomy. With this new configuration the eyecup is no longer used. We describe in detail the advantages of the erodible mask, the associ ated hardware of the optical delivery system, and the mask shape trans fer process.