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[Dr. Kojima] Updated axial length measurement device

At the 129th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Ophthalmological Society, held recently, Tomei announced the OA-2000 comfort, an update to their OA-2000, a device that has a high market share in Japan as an axial length measurement device.
The highlight of this system is the inclusion of an algorithm that I helped create that can distinguish post-LASIK corneas and keratoconus corneas from normal corneas.
In general, for LASIK and keratoconus patients, the prescription during cataract surgery is prone to deviation, requiring the use of special calculation formulas.
However, if LASIK was performed a long time ago, the patient may have forgotten that they had the surgery, and if the case is mild keratoconus, it may not even be diagnosed.
With this development, it is expected that it will be possible to easily determine whether or not such a condition exists during preoperative examination, leading to more accurate calculations of the lens power required for cataract surgery.
Tomey is also a company based in Nagoya, and we have been working together on various research and development projects for some time now.
Japan's testing equipment technology is extremely advanced, so we would like to continue supporting them by providing feedback on any issues we may have on a day-to-day basis.


 

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