Europe's first Preloaded DMEK using a new “ready-to-use” DMEK RAPID® injector system скачать в хорошем качестве

Europe's first Preloaded DMEK using a new “ready-to-use” DMEK RAPID® injector system

Live surgery of the first preloaded DMEK, a lamella prepared in the clean room and preloaded in a "ready-to-use" injector system ("DMEK RAPID®"). This patented transport cartridge, developed at the KHERI Research Institute of the Sulzbach Eye Clinic in cooperation with Geuder AG and the DGFG, aims to make DMEK surgery more predictable, easier, safer and faster. For several years now, more and more surgeons have been using pre-prepared DMEK lamellae (precut LaMEK) from specialized tissue banks to improve the safety of DMEK surgery. So far, only 2 tissue banks in Germany, Sulzbach and Hannover, have been approved by the Paul Ehrlich Institute (PEI) to prepare and distribute precut LaMEK. This eliminates the risk of graft loss due to incorrect preparation directly in the operating theatre. NEW: With the DMEK RAPID® a true preloaded DMEK is available in Europe. The DMEK lamella is not only precut in a clean room tissue bank, but is additionally loaded into the new DMEK RAPID® injector system. The lamellae arrive already in a preloaded injector cartridge and enable the surgeon to inject the graft directly without contact. The surgeon thus receives a quality-controlled lamella in a "ready-to-use" injector system, similar to what cataract surgeons are familiar with from a preloaded IOL shooter. No further manipulation steps are necessary. The pivotal study at the Sulzbach Eye Clinic showed no loss in graft quality and viability of the cells in the DMEK RAPID cartridge. This video shows the use of the DMEK RAPID® including the preparation and loading with a precut DMEK lamella in the clean room tissue bank Sulzbach. The order can be placed via the DGFG central office. Prof. Peter Szurman – Eye Clinic Sulzbach, Knappschaftsklinikum Saar www.augenklinik-sulzbach.de