Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There may be alternatives to Goldmann tonometry for measuring IOP in children, according to a study. “Although ...

Recent studies suggest that Goldmann tonometers can rapidly develop calibration errors (CEs) in clinical use and routine checks are necessary to ensure accuracy. Every ophthalmology unit with training ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Goldmann applanation tonometry is considered the gold standard for assessing IOP measurements in a typical ...

Assess current practice and views regarding checking Goldmann applanation tonometers for calibration errors in the United Kingdom. A total of 100 ophthalmology residents from England, Wales, and ...

Dr. Rhee answers the question: 'What Is Tonometry?' Aug. 24, 2009— -- Question: What is tonometry and how is it used to diagnose glaucoma? Answer: Tonometry refers to the technique of measuring ...

TUCSON, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The CATS®-D Disposable Prism, designed to deliver improved intraocular pressure (IOP) measurement accuracy using a sterile, disposable tip replacement for the Goldmann ...

Real Potential for Self-tonometry? Glaucoma is often a disease of subtleties. A tiny notch of rim tissue, an extra point of visual field depression, or even a single 1-mm Hg change in intraocular ...

After getting a mechanical engineering degree in 1991, Sean McCafferty went to medical school with a goal of eventually using his engineering skills to develop products to help patients. Now that goal ...

Asrani S, Chatterjee A, Wallace DK et al. (2011) Evaluation of the ICare rebound tonometer as a home intraocular pressure monitoring device. Journal of Glaucoma 20: 74–9 Avitabile T, Longo A, Rocca D ...

NICE has developed a medtech innovation briefing (MIB) on the Icare rebound tonometer to measure intraocular pressure. Icare products are the only devices that currently use rebound tonometry to ...