14.7.09

POINT OF CARE:JOURNAL of NEAR-PATIENT TESTING & TECHNOLOGY

http://journals.lww.com/poctjournal/pages/currenttoc.aspx

WALTERS KLUWER publishers.

Contains details of many useful diagnostic tests which can be done in a medical office.

ICARE TONOMETER::DISPOSABLE PROBE

FINNISH no-anaesthetic corneal contact ICARE tonometer. ICARE PRO hand-held tonometer uses magnetic rebound time measurement with a tiny disposable Swiss probe. The simpler ICARE ONE can be used by glaucoma patients to check their intraocular pressure regularly.

http://www.icaretonometer.com/index.php?page=product-info

DIATON through-the-lid tonometer

http://www.tonometerdiaton.com/

DIATON THROUGH-THE-LID TONOMETER

RUSSIAN INVENTION. GOVERNMENT APPROVED IN CANADA, USA AND MANY OTHER COUNTRIES. THERE IS NO CORNEAL CONTACT; AVOIDING USE OF LOCAL ANAESTHETICS, FLUORESCEIN, CORNEAL INJURY AND TRANSMISSION OF INFECTION.

USED in TEACHING HOSPITAL EMERGENCY UNITS.

MEDICAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

THIS IS A BLOG CONCERNED WITH NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN WORLDWIDE MEDICINE.

ESPECIALLY FOR NEW INVENTIONS AND POINT-OF-CARE TESTING.