DUBLIN, Calif., April 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Carl Zeiss
Meditec, Inc., introduced the all-new PENTERO® 900 surgical
microscope system at the 79th Annual Meeting of the American
Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) in Denver, Colo. Based
on the breakthrough OPMI® Pentero surgical visualization
platform launched in 2004, PENTERO 900 offers innovative new
features and customer benefits such as:
HD quality for education, presentations and patient
documentationPENTERO 900 offers razor-sharp images in HD quality
– camera, recorder, editor and touchscreen monitor are all
contained in a fully integrated HD chain. The playback of high
resolution HD images and videos is beneficial for surgeons during
live demonstrations, resident education, presentations and patient
documentation.
New fields of application for fluorescenceThe YELLOW 560
option visualizes fluorescence in the wavelength range from 540 to
690nm supporting new fields of application and research. YELLOW 560
effectively complements the existing ZEISS fluorescence portfolio
including BLUE 400, INFRARED 800 and FLOW 800 modules, paving the
way for future application developments.
Comfortable working positions with new foldable binocular
tubeThe Foldable Tube f170/f260 combines brilliant apochromatic
optics and a revolutionary design for maximum visualization
flexibility, magnification potential and positioning ergonomics. It
offers surgeons an unprecedented range of comfortable working
positions, even at extreme surgical approach angles. The
PROMAG™ function instantly yields a 50 percent gain in
magnification for delicate and detailed procedures.
“When we introduced OPMI Pentero to the market in 2004, we
set new, pioneering standards in the user-oriented enhancement of
surgical microscope design. With the new features on PENTERO 900,
we are propelling the microsurgical platform into a new dimension,”
said Dr. Ludwin Monz, president and CEO of Carl
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