DUBLIN, CA--(Marketwired - Apr 29, 2016) - New Swept-Source OCT technology platform from ZEISS empowers leading clinical experts around the world to expand discovery in clinical research for retina. The Medical Technology Business Group of ZEISS announces receiving CE Mark approval for PLEX™ Elite 90001 which facilitates discovery of new clinical applications for the diagnosis and treatment of eye disease. ZEISS PLEX Elite 9000 expands researchers' ability to examine the critical retinal microstructures and microvasculature of the eye at any depth of interest (e.g. vitreous, retina and choroid) by providing OCT and OCT Angiography imaging that is fast, dense, wide and deep -- with visualization previously not possible with other technologies.
PLEX Elite 9000 from ZEISS, a powerful Swept-Source OCT platform, is offered as a clinical research technology at the core of the Advanced Retina Imaging network2 being introduced by ZEISS during the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting May 1 - 6, 2016 in Seattle.
The Advanced Retina Imaging network is a unique global consortium of scientists from around the world working at the forefront of retinal disease research. Participating researchers will have access to the most up-to-date ZEISS technology and the opportunity to collaborate with peers in the network and with ZEISS. Each PLEX Elite imaging system in the network is maintained at the cutting edge with iterative hardware and software upgrades. Researchers are supported with an assigned ZEISS scientific liaison who will respond to technology needs for specific investigations.
PLEX Elite 9000 Swept-Source OCT is the latest and most advanced OCT innovation from ZEISS. This technology allows clinical researchers the potential to see deeper, wider and in more detail from the vitreous to the sclera in the posterior segment. The platform offers researchers the potential to assess early mechanisms for micro- and neo-vascularization, to explore the predictors of progression of retinal and choroidal pathology, to deepen the understanding of choroid physiopathology, and to evaluate mechanisms of retina and choroid response to therapy.
"Collaboration between scientific and medical researchers and industry brought OCT to real-world clinical practice. ZEISS introduced the first commercially available ophthalmic OCT in 1996. Now 20 years later, collaboration between clinical researchers and ZEISS is crucial again to bring OCT to the next level, to advance its applications and to make the next generation accessible for daily practice," stated Dr. Ludwin Monz, President and CEO of Carl Zeiss Meditec AG.