Optos
MARLBOROUGH, MA, January 31, 2008 – Optos, a leading medical technology company for the design, development, manufacturing, and marketing of retinal imaging devices is pleased to announce Optos Partner, Jerome Sherman, OD, FAAO, and his colleagues Gulshan Karamachandani, William L. Jones, OD, FAAO, Sanjeev Nath, MD, Lawrence Yannuzzi, MD recently published
Panoramic Ophthalmoscopy: Optomap® Images and Interpretation.
“Panoramic Ophthalmoscopy is a great resource for learning more about the impressive capabilities of the optomap® Retinal Exam,” stated Jerome Sherman, OD, FAAO, principal author of Panoramic Ophthalmoscopy: Optomap® Images and Interpretation. “This text depicts the ultra-widefield panoramic views of the fundus delivered by the optomap® Retinal Exam through a case study format, and furthermore demonstrates the utility of this procedure as the epi-center of every comprehensive eye exam.”
The text covers 500 high-resolution optomap® Retinal Exam images captured with Optos’ Panoramic200 Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope (P200) device. The detailed visual references will help eye care professionals detect and interpret other optomap® Retinal Exam images and facilitate the diagnosis eye and non-eye diseases and conditions that may have otherwise have gone undetected. The text features over 100 case presentations, each covering the history and chief complaint, clinical findings, optomap® Retinal Exam images, differential diagnosis, disposition and follow-up. There also are cases of retinal and choroidal diseases covered in the text and how these were diagnosed and managed by doctors using Optos’ technology.
Dr. Sherman is a graduate of Pennsylvania College of Optometry and currently holds the position of Distinguished Teaching Professor at the State University of New York (SUNY) College of Optometry and the SUNY Schnurmacher Institute of Vision Research. He practices in the private sector at the Eye Institute and Laser Center in New York City, NY. His research interests include retina, glaucoma, and the nonglaucomatous optic neuropathies, including Lebers Hereditary Optic Neuropathy. Dr. Sherman’s publications include over 625 clinical articles, research manuscripts, book chapters, two CDs, and he has recently completed three books and is working on three others. He is a founding member of the International Foundation for Optic Nerve Disease (IFOND) and the Optometric Retina Society (ORS).
Interested readers can purchase Dr. Sherman’s Panoramic Ophthalmoscopy: Optomap® Images and Interpretation online at www.optos.com/publications.
Note to Editors
Optos plc is a leading and rapidly growing medical technology company for the design, development, manufacturing and marketing of devices that image the retina, the light-sensitive area at the back of the eye. Optos' platform technology is the Panoramic200 Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope device - known as the P200. In a quarter of a second the P200 device produces a high resolution image of up to 200 degrees or approximately 82 percent of the retina in a single capture. The image - branded the optomap® Retinal Exam - provides eye care practitioners with clinically useful information that facilitates the early detection of disorders and diseases evidenced in the retina, such as glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration. Retinal imaging can also indicate evidence of non-eye or systemic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and certain cancers. The Company has regulatory clearance (CE and FDA 510(k)) to market a second device - P200MA. Optos’ technology provides an unequalled combination of wide-field retinal imaging, speed and convenience for both practitioner and patient and can help save sight and save lives.
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