Clarity Medical Systems, Inc.
NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Clarity Medical Systems, Inc., manufacturer of the RetCam™ II and the RetCam™ Shuttle Digital Imaging Systems, will present several global telemedicine events from China on Saturday, November 10, Sunday, November 11, and Monday, November 12, at the company’s theater tradeshow booth #1058 at the 2007 annual conference of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) in New Orleans. Conference attendees are invited to witness China's leading ophthalmic practitioners diagnosing and directing treatment, direct from three hospitals in China, before a live audience in real-time in New Orleans.
Clarity Medical Systems is the manufacturer of the RetCam II and the RetCam Shuttle Digital Imaging Systems, which provide unparalleled ophthalmic diagnosis and evaluation in infants and children worldwide. Medical experts and professional executives of Clarity Medical Systems, Inc. will be on hand to answer questions and demonstrate products.
Premature babies, and the associated eye disorders of preemies such as Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP), are increasing in number across the globe. Several countries are taking determined steps to offset the increase of ROP, and the resulting blindness of severe cases of ROP, by using advanced digital imaging tools to more effectively and quickly diagnose the condition of infants' eyes. China, along with other global leaders, is a country committed to combating ROP. With 20 million births each year, that country's leading ophthalmic surgeons are teaming with Clarity Medical Systems to demonstrate new innovations in ophthalmic diagnosis and treatment of retinal disorders in very preterm infants.
The schedule for the China telemedicine demonstrations at the Clarity booth is as follows:
Saturday, November 10: 1:00 p.m.; 1:45 p.m.; and 2:30 p.m.
Live demo from Beijing People's Hospital in Beijing, China
Sunday, November 11: 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.
Live demo from Tongren Hospital in Beijing, China
Monday, November 12: 12:00 p.m. and 12:45 p.m.
Live demo from ShenZhen Eye Hospital in ShenZhen, China
Additionally, other distinguished medical practitioners who use Clarity Medical Systems' technology will present informative topics such as Adult RetCam Goniography and RetCam documentation of response of ROP to Avastin therapy in the theater booth. The schedule is as follows:
Saturday, November 10
3:00 p.m.: Steven J. Lichtenstein, M.D., Illinois Eye Center, Peoria, IL Presentation on Hand Drawings vs. Digital Imaging: "But Your Honor, That Is Exactly What It Looked Like!"
3:30 p.m.: Helen Mintz-Hittner, M.D., The University of Texas Medical School in Houston, Houston, TX "RetCam Documentation of Response of Retinopathy of Prematurity to Intravitreal Bevacizumab (Avastin) Injections"
Sunday, November 11
12:00 p.m.: Helen Mintz-Hittner, M.D., The University of Texas Medical School in Houston, Houston, TX "RetCam Documentation of Response of Retinopathy of Prematurity to Intravitreal Bevacizumab (Avastin) Injections"
1:00 p.m.: Ike J. Ahmed, M.D., University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada "Adult RetCam Goniography: High Resolution Digital Imaging of the Angle"
2:00 p.m.: Ken K. Nischal, M.D., Hospital for Children, Great Ormond Street, London, England "Using RetCam Outside of the Box"
2:30 p.m.: Steven J. Lichtenstein, M.D., Illinois Eye Center, Peoria, IL Presentation on Hand Drawings vs. Digital Imaging: "But Your Honor, That Is Exactly What It Looked Like!"
3:00 p.m.: Nina Berrocal, M.D., Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, FL "RetCam Imaging in the NICU"
Monday, November 12
1:30 p.m.: Ken K. Nischal, M.D., Hospital for Children, Great Ormond Street, London, England "Using RetCam Outside of the Box"
2:00 p.m.: Nina Berrocal, M.D., Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, FL "RetCam Imaging in the NICU"
About Clarity Medical Systems (www.claritymsi.com)
Clarity Medical Systems is a privately held medical technology company that develops, manufactures and markets integrated optical systems and services to enhance the clinician's ability to diagnose, evaluate and treat eye disorders. The company’s patented devices combine innovative optical, electronic and information technologies that change the very nature of how eye healthcare is delivered. Clarity’s flagship product is the RetCam™ II Digital Imaging system, which has revolutionized the standard of ophthalmologic evaluation in infants and children. The RetCam is being used by leading medical centers worldwide, including the foremost U.S. children’s hospitals. Clarity is also developing a full line of advanced products and services for adult eye healthcare. The company expects to introduce the first of these offerings at the end of 2007.