News & Events

OCULUS Optikgeräte GmbH is pleased to announce that its entity, OCULUS Surgical, Inc. has acquired Insight Instruments. This purchase will include all manufacturing of Insight which will strengthen OCULUS’ manufacturing expertise and capabilities that will drive future growth in the surgical, diagnostic & optometric arena. Contact information for both OCULUS Surgical and Insight Instruments will remain the same at this time.

The Barrett formulas are now integrated in the IOL Calculator of the Pentacam® AXL. The update incorporates the Barrett Universal II, Barrett Toric and Barrett True K. All three formulas have shown to result in superior outcomes in many recent studies. The Barrett formulas are available for all Pentacam® AXL users within the next software update – free of cost. For more information, contact your local distributor .

OCULUS Optikgeräte GmbH, Germany, has incorporated OCULUS Canada as their 9^th international subsidiary. OCULUS Canada will support new and existing customers throughout the region.

In response to market dynamics, OCULUS Germany has decided that now is the right time to go directly into the Canadian market. Christian Kirchhübel, CEO of OCULUS Optikgeräte GmbH, comments: "We are looking forward to continuing the positive partnership with our existing customers in the region through OCULUS Canada".

For more information please contact sales@oculus.ca or visit www.oculus.ca

OCULUS is pleased to inform that the wireless integration of the LENSAR^® Laser System with the Pentacam^® HR and Pentacam^® AXL tomographers has received FDA 510(k) clearance. The integration is based on the Streamline™ III software provided by LENSAR^® which will be rolled out in the next weeks. The Streamline™ III's IntelliAxis™ and astigmatic incisions are guided by Pentacam^® parameters, helping to manage patients' astigmatism. For more information contact OCULUS sales.team@oculus.de or LENSAR.

The new Belin ABCD Progression Display is now available for all OCULUS Pentacam® models. This tomographic keratoconus progression Display is based on the ABCD keratoconus classification by Prof. Belin, MD, USA, which independently grades the anterior corneal surface, posterior corneal surface, corneal thickness, and visual acuity.

Its main benefit is the evaluation of the posterior cornea and the corneal thickness at its thinnest spot. This information is not accessible with Placido topographers and emphasizes the benefit of anterior segment tomographers. Since every single parameter is graded and presented in a diagram, possible progression can be easily and quickly detected.

The new Belin ABCD Progression Display is a free update for all Pentacam®/Pentacam® HR/Pentacam® AXL users and works retrospectively for all previously taken Pentacam® examinations. This helpful progression display is included in the software of every new Pentacam®/Pentacam® HR/Pentacam® AXL device.

We are very proud to inform you that the article "Detection of Keratoconus With a New Biomechanical Index" about the OCULUS Corvis® ST and the CBI (Corvis Biomechanical Index), is one of the most read articles in the Journal of Refractive Surgery. Congratulation to the fantastic authors who put hard work and dedication into the topic 'corneal biomechanics'.

The article is hosted 'open access' at the healio website and is also ready for download at corneal-biomechanics.de.

This new function is now available for the Keratograph 5M software. Reference images allow you to assess the condition of the meibomian glands effectively and with ease. The results are automatically entered into your JENVIS Dry Eye Report – a masterpiece of dry eye diagnostics. Visit www.dryeyemasterpiece.de for more information.