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With around 10,000 delegates, this year’s APAO was a great opportunity for OCULUS to present its products mainly to Chinese customers. The OCULUS Pentacam® continues to excite cataract refractive experts due to its evolving diagnostic functionalities. Its use in surgery candidate selection, i.e. keratoectasia risk screening was further discussed during lectures by Michael Belin, MD, and the unique Pentacam software Belin/Ambrosio Display (BAD) mentioned by Dipika Patel, MD during the Nakajima Award Lecture.

The unique OCULUS Corvis® ST was extensively tested during exhibition days, too. Its role in measuring corneal biomechanics before and after CXL treatment, and their impact on evaluation on glaucoma were discussed in lectures by Stephen D. Klyce, PhD and Christopher Leung, PhD.

Doubtlessly the star of the APAO 2015 at the OCULUS booth goes to the Keratograph 5M for its applications in dry eye diagnostics such as infrared meibography. Several units Keratograph 5M were also utilized for non-invasive tear film breakup time measurements on neighboring booths of pharmaceutical companies manufacturing dry eye medications. Guangzhou DMK (China) Technology. Ltd., the exclusive distributor of OCULUS products in China, organized a brilliant academic seminar for Chinese attendees prior to APAO discussing Keratograph 5M dry eye applications.

OCULUS important product line in retinal surgery, the OCULUS SDI®/BIOM®, was presented with its reusable and disposable models. The BIOM® ready is the world’s first disposable non-contact wide angle retina microscope viewing system.

We want to thank all customers who visited the OCULUS booth during APAO 2015 and participated in the booth quiz - congratulations to all winners of fabulous prizes. We look forward to seeing you again at one of our next events in Asia!