New ZEISS Invertertube Enhances Ergonomics For Ophthalmic Surgeons

Oberkochen, Germany - The new Invertertube from Carl Zeiss effectively reduces microscope stack-height, thus providing surgeons with the ability to sit in an upright and healthy posture while operating.

Carl Zeiss presents the new Invertertube for surgical microscopes in ophthalmology; this new optical technology significantly improves the ergonomic working conditions of ophthalmic surgeons who often spend long hours performing intricate procedures while looking through a surgical microscope. Existing external inverters, which until now have been required for use with indirect fundus viewing systems, are no longer required. An inverter is now integrated into the binocular tube, thereby reducing the height of the surgical microscope and enabling surgeons to sit in a comfortable, upright position. The Invertertube is optimally adjusted to the optics of OPMI surgical microscopes from Carl Zeiss. The Invertertube is available for the assistant's microscope on OPMI VISU 210, granting assistants the same ergonomic advantages as the surgeon. All existing OPMI surgical microscopes can be retrofitted with the new Invertertube.

Combined with the new Invertertube, the OPMI VISU 210 supports the surgeon during all types of ophthalmic procedures from cataracts to surgery on the posterior segment.

SOURCE: The Carl Zeiss Group