Globe-fixation system for animal eye practice

S Farzad Mohammadi; Arash Mazouri; Nazanin Rahman-A; Mahmoud Jabbarvand; Gholam A Peyman

doi:10.1016/j.jcrs.2010.10.026

Globe-fixation system for animal eye practice

J Cataract Refract Surg. 2011 Jan;37(1):4-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2010.10.026.

Authors

S Farzad Mohammadi¹, Arash Mazouri, Nazanin Rahman-A, Mahmoud Jabbarvand, Gholam A Peyman

Affiliation

¹ Eye Research Center, Farabi Eye Hospital, Tehran University of MedicalSciences, Tehran, Iran.

PMID: 21183095
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2010.10.026

Abstract

We designed a globe-fixation system for use with animal eyes for surgical skills training. The system core is a cup with an adjustable aperture. Vacuum is exerted through the cup to capture the globe at the preequatorial region. The cup rides over a hollow base, sliding on its opening spurs. A ballast is screwed to the end of the thread of the cup to create tactile feedback and create a tendency to return to the primary position. The system provides optimum versatility for the practice of anterior segment procedures, namely stability, rotation, a tendency to return to the primary position, globe pressure adjustability, and a modifiable orbit size.

Financial disclosure: Disclosures are found in the footnotes.

MeSH terms

Animals
Anterior Eye Segment / surgery*
Clinical Competence*
Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures / education*
Ophthalmology / education*
Orbit*
Surgical Fixation Devices*