Supplement to October 2022 Sponsored by Cataract & Refractive Surgery Today

SCHWIND eye-tech-solutions: Celebrating 30 Years of ExcellenceA family business focused on customer relations.BY ROLF SCHWIND AND DOMENIC VON PLANTA - This year marks the 30th anniversary of SCHWIND. Today, we stand as a pioneer in refractive corneal surgery, driving solutions for vision correction procedures and building strong relationships with our customers with one common goal in mind: to improve the lives of those with refractive errors. THE SCHWIND FAMILY PHILOSOPHY SCHWIND is a medium-sized company that is deeply rooted in the personal connections we have with our customers. In this sense,...

Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: The Changing Face of Modern Refractive Surgery SCHWIND stands at the center of it all. BY JOHN MARSHALL, FMEDSCI, PHD, FRCPATH, FRCOPHTH(HONS) 've been involved in the development of laser systems for more than 50 years. Much of my early work in the 1960s, funded by the Ministry of Defense, was done with the Royal Air Force to establish thresholds for laser damage to the retina. This resulted in me sitting on or chairing many committees around the world that were created to protect the public from optical radiation. It also led to me drafting many of the codes...

Figure 2. A timeline of innovation brought to the market by SCHWIND. (Figure 2). In terms of laser eye surgery especially, this has been extremely important. Until recently, all laser vision correction was accomplished through the removal of tissue by potentially weakening the mechanical structure of the queue near. But because the superficial stroma is the strongest part of the cornea, concerns about long-term biomechanical stability prompted some to consider alternative methods of refractive correction. One attempt involved preserving the superficial fibers but removed a piece from the deeper...

Why We Choose to Be Part of the SCHWIND Family The strength of the technology, its customer care, and the agility and speed of innovation make SCHWIND a great company to partner with. BY CARMEN JOSÉ BARRAQUER COLL, MD; ÁNGELA MARÍA GUTIÉRREZ, MD; JESÚS VIDAURRI LEAL, MD; AND JOSÉ MIGUEL VARAS, MD Carmen José Barraquer Coll, MD I am a daughter of Professor José Ignacio Barraquer Moner, who is known to be the father of refractive surgery. I am among the fourth of five generations of ophthalmic surgeons in the Barraquer family. We run and work at the Barraquer Clinic in Bogotá, Colombia, where refractive...

that was released, I continued to be impressed by SCHWIND. The SCHWIND AMARIS (Figure) is almost perfect. The results are excellent, and again patients are happy with their experience and their outcomes, which have shown to be stable in the long term. I choose SCHWIND because of the outstanding technology, the excellent outcomes, and for the relationships they have with their customers. Schwind eye-tech-solutions has been a market leader since modern refractive surgery became a reality in the 1990s. At that time, I chose Schwind because I felt the company had the best and safest surgical technologies...

Wide Corneal Epithelial Mapping Using OCT Controlling the thickness, shape, and growth of the corneal epithelium can minimize the risk of regression. BY JERRY TAN, MBBS(S’PORE), FRCS(EDIN), FRCOPHTH, FAMS ince the introduction of laser vision correction (LVC)1 in the form of PRK,2 LASIK,3 or refractive lenticular extraction,4 the stability and persistence of the correction have been a matter of controversy and debate.5 Refractive regression is the term used to describe the loss of the effect of LVC. Regression results in the postoperative refraction deteriorating toward the initial refraction....

"The corneal epithelium is one of the final frontiers of LVC surgery. Controlling its thickness, shape, and growth will make LVC more accurate by minimizing the risk of regression." cumbersome ultrasound water bath system. It is easily comparable to the very high frequency ultrasound system. One of the most important features it has is the ability to measure a widefield epithelial map precisely, easily, and quickly. The short- and long-term stability of LVC has been questioned in the past.12 In particular, PRK seems to be associated with an overshoot followed by a reduction of the overcorrection...

ATOS and SmartSight: Current Trends and Procedural Volume A summary of outcomes from different clinics. here are many laser vision correction (LVC) options available today, including a variety of lenticule extraction procedures, that expand the reach of refractive correction and increase the potential for patient satisfaction after surgery. Over the past decade, lenticule extraction has established itself as a viable alternative to LASIK and PRK for corneal refractive surgery. Lenticule extraction procedures, such as SmartSight (SCHWIND eye-tech-solutions), are an established LVC technique. During...

on the display (the red circle in the Figure). If the pupil is not in either zone, docking is reattempted. The last valid laser eye-tracker video frame is used for cyclotorsion control, and the torsional misalignment from the diagnostic image is determined and accounted for by the torsional deviation display (the green crosshairs in the Figure). Astigmatism correction. The atos can potentially treat higher amounts of astigmatism with better precision than other femtosecond laser platforms. The device's built-in torsion control compensates for rotation during the docking procedure. In our experience,...

Enhancements to Lenticule Extraction Several innovative features of the ATOS laser system provide advantages.BY SAMUEL ARBA MOSQUERA, MSC, PHD - SCHWIND ATOS is a new development in femtosecond laser technology that enables the generation of LASIK flaps and lenticules for SmartSight lenticule extraction. It received the CE Mark in July 2020, early in the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, a steadily growing number of surgeons in and beyond Europe has performed SmartSight. In all treated patients, lenticule removal was reported to be performed without relevant intraoperative complications. SCHWIND...