Vitrectome with Integrated LED Illumination: Development and Testing
Background: In current vitrectomy, the surgeon guides the vitrectome and a rigid fiber light guide with one hand each. It would be desirable to have a free hand for other surgical instruments and maneuvers. Methods: In the feasibility study presented here, a 20 gauge vitrectome is equipped with a mi...
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| author | Sieber Nicole Lingenfelder Christian Götz Madeleine Heine Pauline Lichtner Leonie Hessling Martin |
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| description | Background: In current vitrectomy, the surgeon guides the vitrectome and a rigid fiber light guide with one hand each. It would be desirable to have a free hand for other surgical instruments and maneuvers. Methods: In the feasibility study presented here, a 20 gauge vitrectome is equipped with a miniature white LED that could eliminate the need for the separate light guide and therefore free one hand. The functionality of the system is proved in a ping-pong ball filled with agar and an ex-vivo porcine eye. Results: The brightness of the approach appears to be sufficient without any realistic phototoxic retinal hazard while the functionality of the vitrectome, in combination with the LED, is still given. Conclusion: The combination of a 20 gauge vitrectome with a LED illumination unit was successfully tested. The approach can be transferred to small vitrectomes in the future |
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| spelling | doaj.art-605bbeffa1944f6aa901bea35efc788a2022-12-22T02:43:48ZengDe GruyterCurrent Directions in Biomedical Engineering2364-55042021-10-017285185410.1515/cdbme-2021-2217Vitrectome with Integrated LED Illumination: Development and TestingSieber Nicole0Lingenfelder Christian1Götz Madeleine2Heine Pauline3Lichtner Leonie4Hessling Martin5Institute of Medical Engineering and Mechatronics, Ulm University of Applied Sciences, Albert-Einstein-Allee 55, 89081Ulm, GermanyPharmpur GmbH,Koenigsbrunn, GermanyInstitute of Medical Engineering and Mechatronics, Ulm University of Applied Sciences,Ulm, GermanyInstitute of Medical Engineering and Mechatronics, Ulm University of Applied Sciences,Ulm, GermanyInstitute of Medical Engineering and Mechatronics, Ulm University of Applied Sciences,Ulm, GermanyInstitute of Medical Engineering and Mechatronics, Ulm University of Applied Sciences,Ulm, GermanyBackground: In current vitrectomy, the surgeon guides the vitrectome and a rigid fiber light guide with one hand each. It would be desirable to have a free hand for other surgical instruments and maneuvers. Methods: In the feasibility study presented here, a 20 gauge vitrectome is equipped with a miniature white LED that could eliminate the need for the separate light guide and therefore free one hand. The functionality of the system is proved in a ping-pong ball filled with agar and an ex-vivo porcine eye. Results: The brightness of the approach appears to be sufficient without any realistic phototoxic retinal hazard while the functionality of the vitrectome, in combination with the LED, is still given. Conclusion: The combination of a 20 gauge vitrectome with a LED illumination unit was successfully tested. The approach can be transferred to small vitrectomes in the futurehttps://doi.org/10.1515/cdbme-2021-2217vitrectomyledphototoxic hazardvitrectomeillumination |
| spellingShingle | Sieber Nicole Lingenfelder Christian Götz Madeleine Heine Pauline Lichtner Leonie Hessling Martin Vitrectome with Integrated LED Illumination: Development and Testing Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering vitrectomy led phototoxic hazard vitrectome illumination |
| title | Vitrectome with Integrated LED Illumination: Development and Testing |
| title_full | Vitrectome with Integrated LED Illumination: Development and Testing |
| title_fullStr | Vitrectome with Integrated LED Illumination: Development and Testing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vitrectome with Integrated LED Illumination: Development and Testing |
| title_short | Vitrectome with Integrated LED Illumination: Development and Testing |
| title_sort | vitrectome with integrated led illumination development and testing |
| topic | vitrectomy led phototoxic hazard vitrectome illumination |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/cdbme-2021-2217 |
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