New Leica M822 Ophthalmic Microscope

Excellent Results in Cataract Surgery Due to Innovative Dual Illumination
October 21, 2011 – Wetzlar, Germany. The new Leica M822 surgical microscope, with enhanced Red Reflex, combines Leica Microsystems’ world class optics with an innovative dual illumination system that dramatically improves the surgeon’s view when performing cataract surgery. Ergonomic design for a comfortable working position during surgery and high-resolution video documentation also support ophthalmic surgeons in their quest for more precise and efficient operating techniques.

The Leica M822 has already been widely tested in the USA, Asia and Europe and has been unanimously praised by users. “We are delighted with this new product,” says Mark Norris, Director Ophthalmology at Leica Microsystems, “as extensive field tests have confirmed that the coaxial illumination system of the Leica M822 gives an unsurpassed Red Reflex which meets the highest professional requirements of eye surgeons.” Combining LED with halogen illumination, the new dual illumination system produces brilliant and stable Red Reflex. Efficiency is additionally enhanced by superlative optics and intuitive control, ensuring excellent results. High-resolution videos enable surgeons to discuss case studies and their procedures and thus improve surgical techniques.

Leica M822 ophthalmic microscope: excellent results in cataract surgery due to innovative dual illumination.

“The development of the Leica M822 marks the beginning of a new era of illumination systems,” says Silvio Bracone, Vice President of Leica Microsystems’ Medical Division. “We are convinced that we are offering our customers a genuine technological advancement which will ultimately benefit the patient.” The microscope also incorporates functions for vitreoretinal surgery and has an open architecture for easy future upgrading and new applications.

The Leica M822 will be launched to the market at the Annual Congress of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) in Orlando, Florida, in the Orange County Convention Centre on 22th – 25th October 2011 at booth no. 1211.

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Leica Microsystems is a world leader in microscopes and scientific instruments. Founded as a family business in the nineteenth century, the company’s history was marked by unparalleled innovation on its way to becoming a global enterprise. Its historically close cooperation with the scientific community is the key to Leica Microsystems’ tradition of innovation, which draws on users’ ideas and creates solutions tailored to their requirements. At the global level, Leica Microsystems is organized in four divisions, all of which are among the leaders in their respective fields: the Life Science Division, Industry Division, Biosystems Division and Medical Division.

Leica Microsystems’ Biosystems Division, also known as Leica Biosystems, offers histopathology laboratories the most extensive product range with appropriate products for each work step in histology and for a high level of productivity in the working processes of the entire laboratory.

The company is represented in over 100 countries with 12 manufacturing facilities in 7 countries, sales and service organizations in 19 countries and an international network of dealers. The company is headquartered in Wetzlar, Germany.

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