Opthalmoscope Adapter Receives 501(k) Clearance

Welch Allyn has received 510(k) clearance from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its iExaminer—a hardware adapter and associated software that allows healthcare providers to capture, store, send and retrieve images from its PanOptic ophthalmoscope using the iPhone 4 or 4S, notes a company spokesperson. Available for shipment on February 11, the iExaminer rapidly captures and transmits the retinal images created by the PanOptic for easy, cost-effective eyeground image documentation.Read more.

Reading Ophthalmoscopes with an iPhone 4

Welch Allyn has created an app that allows health care providers to capture, store, send, and retrieve images from its PanOptic ophthalmoscope. Called the iExaminer, the app, available at the Apple App Store, works with an iPhone 4 or 4S camera. The company's ophthalmoscope generates a viewing area of the fundus and retinal nerve in an undilated pupil that is reportedly 5 times larger than that of a traditional ophthalmoscope and increases magnification by 26 percent. The app aligns the optical access of the ophthalmoscope to the visual axis of the smartphone or the camera. Read more.