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Liverpool welcomes RCO 08
In the same week as the Queen opened the new Liverpool Arena and Conference Centre, the complex also hosted the Royal College of Ophthalmologists Annual Congress.
Altomed exhibited some new products at the trade show that supported the congress. Brilliant Peel (ILM Dye), Spec Tac (single use lid retractors) and Volk Optiflex (VR viewing system), were all officially launched by Altomed.
Many surgeons and nurses picked up free congress t-shirts while visiting the Altomed stand. There are some t-shirts still available. Please email admin@altomed.com if you would like to receive a free t-shirt. (While stocks last).
Money for old lenses
If you work in an eye clinic and you have old laser lenses that are no longer used or even damaged, why not realise some value for them. Altomed will give you up to £100* trade-in allowance off your old lenses, whatever their condition, so check your cupboards and drawers, and see what you can find.
Call 0191 5190111 or email sales@altomed.com
Offer applies to the purchase of one or more new Volk lenses. One contact laser lens (of any make) accepted for trade-in, per one lens purchased.
Written details available on request. Offer only applies to hospital customers in the UK.
Offer ends March 31st 2008
*(£50 off mirrored or yag lenses, £100 off fundus contact lenses)
New Brilliant Peel
Brilliant Peel is a new non-toxic Triphenylmethane dye which selectively stains the ILM to aid peeling during surgery to repair macula holes.
Unlike the use of ICG (Cyanine) dyes, Brilliant Peel is licensed for its intended use and is ‘ready to use’ at a stable concentration. However like ICG it is ILM selective.
Brilliant Peel is manufactured by Fluoron in Germany, within the same stringent manufacturing standards as the other Fluoron products that you will be familiar with, such as:
F-Decalin
Densiron 68
Soon Altomed will also be launching the new ErgoLine and 23G ranges of vitreo retinal forceps and scissors from Geuder Germany.
To receive a free sample of Brilliant Peel, please contact customer services.
Essential skills training
A course in the principals of Oculo Plastic Surgery recently
took place in at the Oxford University Anatomy Rooms. The organiser, ophthalmologist Tom Kersey, approached Altomed for sponsorship. We were happy to be able to supply instruments
free of charge for use during the training wetlabs.
Such courses may become important and frequent events, as pressure on time and resources in hospital eye departents means that trainee ophthalmologists may find it difficult to aquire honed skills in sub-specialist areas during normal working time
Altomed donate OPTYSE in Tanzania
Moin Mohamed, an ophthalmologist at St. Thomas' Hospital, recently visited the Muhimbili University Hospital primary care outreach clinic in Tanzania to strengthen links between the two institutions.
Whilst there, Moin presented 2 OPTYSE ophthalmoscopes donated by Altomed.
The instruments were hugely appreciated by this under resourced clinic.
