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Market Start for SCHWIND SIRAMA

Nanosecond laser launched at the ESCRS Congress 2012

The SCHWIND SIRAMA has arrived

(previously known as the SmartTech

Laser). The answer from SCHWIND

eye-tech-solutions to femtosecond

lasers was launched into the market at

the ESCRS Congress 2012 in Milan, Italy.

The new nanosecond laser enables

nano-precise cuts and uniquely smoothcut surfaces when creating flaps. Its

innovative microchip laser ensures

short treatment times and maximum

safety. The SCHWIND SIRAMA has inte-

grated pupil detection and takes input

from the pupil offset into account.

The name SCHWIND SIRAMA has

two meanings. For one, SIRAMA is a

regional type of the so-called panther

chameleon (Furcifer Pardalis). Its home

is in Madagascar and it is capable of

special performance. It can effectively

and precisely adapt to changing con-

ditions like no other creature. Unique

in its own way, the SCHWIND SIRAMA

is also closely associated with the

technological leading SCHWIND AMARIS

excimer laser. There is a bit of panther

in the Furcifer Pardalis, and further-

more, the name AMARIS spelled back-

wards is the name SIRAMA.

The slogan Sirafy your eyes is the

synonym for treatment with the nano-

second laser. Sirafy has its root word

in the first part of the name [SIRA]MA

and becomes therewith an action.

Sirafy your eyes invites doctors and

patients to decide for the innovative

nanosecond technology. The slogan

creates an association with the trade-

mark claim Trust your eyes, there-

with manifesting the origin at a linguis-

tic level and accelerating the learning

process.

Additionally, SCHWIND Dual Perfor-

mance, the device combination of the

SCHWIND SIRAMA and the SCHWIND

AMARIS, was also presented at the

ESCRS Congress. The high-perfor-

mance package of nanosecond laser

and excimer laser optimises workflow

and offers high treatment comfort.

This includes perfectly coordinated

pupil centration, less space require-

ment through swiveling laser arms and

patient bed, as well as an attractive,

harmonious design.

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Network Solution SCHWIND MEDNETOffering 24/7, central availability of all planning and treatment data

Today, laser clinics are faced with the

challenge of managing ever increas-

ing amounts of their patients treat-

ment data efficiently and securely.SCHWIND MEDNET meets this

challenge with its intelligent and

standardised features. This inno-

vative network solution combines the

SCHWIND technologies used in each

clinic simply and consistently. It

incorporates with a clinics existing

IT infrastructure. All of the clinical

data generated by SCHWINDs diag-nostic equipment and laser systems

is centrally stored and can be called

up and processed at the work-

stations via SCHWIND MEDNET

using the appropriate software. This

improves practice and surgery work-

flow efficiency in the medical environ-

ment. The service package also

includes online remote services for

technical and application support.

Optimised workflows

An example from clinical practice: If

SCHWIND MEDNET is not available,

the medical assistant has to take the

patients eye measurements on the

diagnostic system and save the data

on an SD card. The SD card and a

print-out of the data are then passed

to the ophthalmic surgeon who exa-

mines the patient, plans the treat-

ment on the basis of this data, saves

the treatment profile on an SD card

again, imports the data onto the

laser system and then carries out

the treatment. In practices where

SCHWIND MEDNET is used, how-

ever, the medical assistant saves the

patients diagnostic measurements

centrally on a file server. The sur-

geon downloads these measure-

ments as required on a panel PC in

order to plan the treatment and

then saves the treatment profile on

the file server. The eye laser then

picks up the profile from there for the

subsequent treatment of the patient.

In this way, the medical assistant

and surgeon are able to work inde-

pendently of each other. Thanks to

SCHWIND MEDNET, the time spent

treating each patient can be reduced

by up to 30 minutes.

Network technology

The centre piece of SCHWIND

MEDNET is a file server with two hard

disks and redundant data storage.

This solution gives the user an ex-

tremely high level of reliability in the

event of a hard disk failure. The

planning and treatment data is

stored centrally, giving all panel PCs

in the SCHWIND systems access to

the same database on the file server.

The SCHWIND MEDNET Manager

software controls the flow of data

securely, reliably and consistently.

Online Remote Services

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SCHWIND MEDNET has been in use at the Optimax Laser

Eye Surgery Group, Great Britain and Northern Ireland since

the beginning of 2012. Optimax was established there

in 1991 as one of the first private laser clinics and now

operates laser centres at 30 locations from Belfast to

Southampton. SCHWIND MEDNET is currently in use at four

Optimax laser centres in Birmingham, Leeds, London and

Manchester with the networking of other locations to follow.

The installation of SCHWIND MEDNET at each location

took only three hours. To ensure that the installations were

carried out smoothly, SCHWIND provided Optimax with the

installation requirements, supplied the necessary addi-

tions to the network infrastructure, and Optimax appointed

an internal IT representative to supervise the implementa-

tion of the system at the clinics. The SCHWIND techni-

cians then set up the network, comprising the SCHWINDAMARIS laser system, the SCHWIND SIRIUS diagnostic

system, a panel PC for treatment planning and a central file

server, and ensured that it operated safely and reliably.

In addition, a more comprehensive solution was devised

to meet Optimaxs requirement for a system capable of

importing and processing treatment data to the clinics

in-house practice management software. This solution

also enables Optimax to analyse economic factors, such

as the number and types of treatments carried out each

month at a particular location.

Beata Mc Manus, Managing Director of the Optimax Group,

had the following to say about this solution: Optimax

has always been keen to use up-to-date technology to

advantage. The SCHWIND MEDNET solution enables us

to preserve our good record with security and stability

by using the network to transfer patient data to the laser

rather than using detachable media like SD cards or flash

drives which have the potential to introduce malware.

With SCHWIND's help, we have been using the MEDNET

solution in order to transfer and save the treatment

data with the patients medical record. We were very

impressed with the reports and logs on the SCHWIND

equipment, so that in the future we will be also attaching

the SIRIUS scans and treatment summary to create a com-

plete medical record. The atten-

tion to detail while maintaining

data integrity and still being able

to fulfil the customers require-

ments (e.g. in terms of a simple

installation) is something thathas been handled exceptionally

well by the MEDNET solution

and the company in general.

Optimax London Finchley Road

Beata Mc Manus, Optimax

All the user has to do is to click on

Save: there is no need to remem-

ber any file paths. All of the files are

then initially stored temporarily on

the SCHWIND panel PC in a Dele-

gate folder and are then automati-

cally transferred by the SCHWIND

MEDNET Manager into the corres-

ponding product lists on the file ser-

ver. The system is easy to operate even

in the event of a network failure: all

the new files are collected in the

Delegate folder. When the network

is up and running again, the transfer

is started automatically, dispensing

with the usual manual copying of data

into the network and the suscepti-

bility to errors this procedure entails.

MEDNET for Optimax Group

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the SCHWIND portfolio depends on

the individual case and a detailed

analysis. The use of Clipped PALK

particularly makes sense if the

patients pachymetry data show high

inhomogeneity.

Two examples

With the Clipped TransPALK variant,

the epithelium and the stroma are

ablated by the AMARIS laser in a

single step. No instruments touch

the eye. In the following two ex-

amples, each eye surgeon chose a

refracto-therapeutic treatment with

Clipped TransPALK based on dia-

gnostic analysis with corneal wave-

front and pachymetric data. In both

cases a bandage lens was inserted

and kept in place until the epithelium

completely regenerated.

The newest version of the SCHWIND

PALK-CAM software module inte-

grates the innovative option of

Clipped Pachymetry Assisted LaserKeratectomy (PALK), which offers

successful repair procedures in

patients with complicated corneal

pathologies including irregular

pachymetry and significant higher-

order aberrations (HOAs). The

SCHWIND CAM software is used

to generate a pachymetry-guided

ablation profile based on SCHWINDSIRIUS corneal data, and the

SCHWIND AMARIS excimer laser is

used to treat the patient.

Thin cornea areas

For the first time, Clipped PALK

allows particularly thin cornea areas

to be excluded from the ablation

planning. Thanks to the detailed

pachymetry data, in the case of a

keratoconus patient, for example,

the cornea is ablated uniformly

around the cone, while the cone itself

is not ablated. The cornea thus

achieves an altogether more regular

thickness and thus a more homo-

geneous and stable structure. The

goal of every treatment with Clipped

PALK is to achieve the best possible

quality of vision and increase in

visual acuity. Which treatment type

to use among the wide choice from

Case 1: Clipped Trans-

PALK after intracorneal

ring segment implanta-

tion. Maria Clara Arbelaez,

MD, Muscat Eye Laser Center,

Muscat, Oman.

Ten months after implantation of

an intracorneal ring segment, a

44-year-old male patient showed

uncorrected distance visual acuity

(UDVA) of 20/63 with a manifest

refraction of -3.25 D sphere and

-2.25 D cylinder @ 150 and a best

corrected distance visual acuity

(BCDVA) of 20/40. The expected

refractive result was -0.5 D sphere

and -3.5 D cylinder @ 145. Corneal

collagen crosslinking was per-

formed directly after the ablation.

Two months after treatment the

patient achieved UDVA of 20/50.

The BCDVA improved to 20/28

Clipped PALK with SCHWIND AMARIS

A new repair tool in refracto-therapeutic corneal laser surgery

A) SCHWIND SIRIUS pachymetry information with central, minimum and maximum cornealthickness (409 m, 390 m and 661 m) as well as topography with corneal radius of44.98 @ 165 and 52.12 @ 75. B) SCHWIND CAM ablation profile with a diameter of 8.95 mmand a planned central and peripheral residual thickness of 350 m and 500 m respectively.

A B

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with -2.50D sphere and -4.00D cylin-

der @ 155.

Case 2: Clipped Trans-

PALK due to a complex

epithelial regrowth after

cataract surgery. DetlefUthoff, MD, Markus

Plzl, MD, Eye Clinic

Bellevue, Kiel, Germany.

Six months after a com-

plicated cataract surgery, a 71-year-

old male patient complained of

increasing impairment of vision such

as ghosting and increasing blur. The

uncorrected distance visual acuity(UDVA) was 20/400 with a manifest

refraction of +4.75 D sphere and

-6.00 D cylinder @ 85 and the best

corrected distance visual acuity

(BCDVA) was 20/32. Anterior surface

topography showed irregular against-

the-rule astigmatism and superona-

sal steepening coinciding with the

cataract incision. Corneal wavefront

analysis at 6.0 mm exposed signifi-

cant higher-order aberrations. The

corneal thickness profile showed to

be significantly thicker than normal

with a central value of 581 m. It was

surrounded by an annulus of asym-

metric thickening matching the irre-

gularities seen on topography. The

expected refractive result was +1.0 D

sphere and -1.75D cylinder @ 49.

Immediately after completing abla-

tion with a 9.5 mm optical zone,

cooled BSS (~+4C) was irrigated

and MMC was applied for 35 seconds.

20 days after the procedure, the

patient showed a UDVA of 20/25. The

BCDVA with -0.50D sphere and 0.50D

cylinder @ 40 improved to 20/22.

No haze was seen during slit lamp

examination.

Summary: The goal of both treat-

ments was to achieve the best possi-

ble compromise between a refractive

correction and a topographic and

pachymetric regularisation. The post-

operative topographic evaluations

showed distinctive smoothing of the

corneal surface. This conclusion was

supported by wavefront information

with significantly reduced higher-

order aberrations. The postoperative

corneal thickness profile confirmed

the precision of the laser ablation

with Clipped PALK and was ex-

cellently consistent with the pattern

of the theoretically planned ab-

lation.

SCHWIND SIRIUS information: A) Topography with irregular, superior steepening. B) Pachy-metry with central, minimum and maximum corneal thickness (581 m, 574 m, and 849 m).C) Wavefront with RMS HO 2.25 m as well as D) the SCHWIND CAM ablation profile with adiameter of 9.50 mm with a planned central and peripheral residual thickness of 523 mand 746 m respectively.

A B

C D

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User services offered by the Custo-

mer Support Department include:

Comprehensive product training

on-location. Duration: typicallythree to five days - depending

on the individual requirements of

a clinic. Assistants also receive

full instruction on the diagnostic

devices.

Product training in the SCHWIND

Demo Centre in Kleinostheim,

Germany

Applicative support and consul-tation via telephone hotline and

email.

Support and consultation during

international congresses.

Contact for all Applicative QuestionsCustomer Support assists users with comprehensive know-how

I have been performing surgery withSCHWIND technologies since 2001,

beginning with the ESIRIS. I have been

using the AMARIS since 2008. I always

had great results with the ESIRIS, but

the AMARIS provides me with many

additional options for performance of

special procedures. Among these is,

for example, customised treatment

of vision problems following Radial

Keratotomy, or combination of the

excimer laser treatment with corneal

cross-linking.

Aside from the extraordinary and

excellent technological performance

of the laser system, I strongly rely on

the flexibility and the high level of pro-

fessional knowledge of the SCHWIND

Application Department. Whatever I

ask about or wish for, I receive prompt

support every time. The Customer

Support experts are always prepared

Massimo Camellin, MD, Italy

Bastian Bratenstein, Customer Support Manager (left) and Thomas Magnago, Head of CustomerSupport Department, analyse a diagnostic measurement.

The applicative possibilities for users in

refractive laser surgery are becoming

increasingly complex as technical

innovations develop more quickly.Sustained customer support after the

sale of a laser system has a very

high priority at SCHWIND. Therefore

the company invests in a special

department that provides continuous,

individual and prompt support for

the refractive surgeons and their

applicative concerns. The employees

of the Customer Support Departmentare not only experts on all SCHWIND

technologies; they are also very fami-

liar with the scientific world of refrac-

tive and therapeutic corneal surgery.

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to visit me in my clinic and to work with

me on special cases or problems. It is

the combination of state-of-the-art

technology and a perfect human rela-

tionship that satisfies me and makes

SCHWIND a special company for me.

as a scientist and professor, I need

to be able to rely on my partners.

I am happy to say that in all aspects,

whether it is practical support, support

for publications or support via email,

I always receive fast and professional

assistance whenever needed. The con-tact persons are personable and reli-

able, and Im looking forward now to

the future, starting as the first clinic

in Russia to perform treatment of

presbyopia with the AMARIS.

experienced application specialists to

supplement my clinical experience.

This service, which is also surely

cost-intensive, is not to be taken for

granted in your branch, which I know

from less than pleasant experienceswith major corporations. Even after

the sale of a laser system not to be

forgotten is such a strong advantage

in the area of referral marketing that

glossy brochures appear really weak

in comparison. Your current success,

for example, in the Far East, is cer-

tainly also due to the quality of your

products.

The average user, however, typically

has only one laser system and cannot

compare his own experience with

others. But the professional, reliable

and intensive support in problem cases

gives us doctors peace of mind and

further leverages word of mouth and

recommendation marketing to new

opinion leaders. I write these lines

not only as thank-you for outstanding

service, but also as an argument

against corporations, who rather in-

vest in cost-intensive turbo commercial

campaigns instead of in continuous

customer service. Having said this,

I look forward to continued successful

cooperation.

The Sphere Eye Laser Surgery Clinic

in Moscow, established in 1996, was

at that time one of the first clinics

in Russia to develop an individual

approach to the treatment of eye

diseases. We started working with

SCHWIND technologies in 2006 first

with the ESIRIS laser and the Carriazo-

Pendular microkeratome, and since

the beginning of 2012 with the AMARIS.

As Sphere serves as a reference

clinic in Russia, contact with the

SCHWIND Customer Department

occurs on a fairly regular basis,

either through exchange of emails or

through personal visits. In my work,

not only as a practitioner, but also

In our very long business relationship

you doubtlessly rather know me as

a critical user. Today I would like to

take the opportunity to extend my

special thanks to your Customer

Support Department, in this case

especially to Mr. Tobias Ewering.

Although I have been intensively

engaged in refractive surgery for 20

years, I have come to rely on the

profound technical knowledge of your

Erika Eskina, MD, Russia

Gerold Fiedler, MD, Germany

SCHWIND eye-tech-solutions

Customer Support Department

Hotline: +49 6027 508 333

email: apm@eye-tech.net

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the participants were lively discussed,

received great response.

Social Dinner at the ASCRS

On the occasion of this years ASCRS

SCHWIND held a social dinner in

Gibsons Bar & Steak House in Chi-

SCHWIND Events at the ASCRS and DOC

cago. More than 180 guests, primarily

from Latin and South America, met

for dialogue and experience exchange.

Of particular interest were three pre-

sentations held by SCHWIND users.

Detlef Holland, MD, Germany, pre-

sented a lecture on the new

PresbyMAX -Monovision option, its

advantages as well as the first clini-

cal results. Luis Izquierdo Jr., MD,

Peru, reported on his experiences

with the AMARIS 750S laser system

regarding cyclotorsion, centration, off-

set as well as high astigmatism.

Jerry Tan, MD, Singapore, highlighted

aspects as for example PTK,

TransPRK, 6D Eye Tracking or Corneal

Wavefront, which make for him the

SCHWIND AMARIS 750S the optimal

solution for many different uses, cases

and clinical challenges.

PresbyMAX Seminar at the DOC

On the occasion of this years DOC

congress in Nuremberg, Germany,

SCHWIND hosted a seminar on

PresbyMAX -Monovision in coopera-

tion with the Bellevue Eye Clinic, Kiel.25 German-speaking refractive sur-

geons were brought up-to-date on the

newest technology in presbyopia treat-

ment with SCHWIND AMARIS laser

systems. Moderated by Detlef Uthoff,

MD, Eye Clinic Bellevue, detailed infor-

mation on new methods and current

clinical results with PresbyMAX were

key parts of the programme. Further-more, treated patients reported on

their expectations and experiences.

Among these was refractive surgeon

Michael Stade, MD, who successfully

underwent treatment and also uses

the new technology in his patients.

The two-our practice-oriented semi-

nar, where topics and questions of

PresbyMAX -Monovision Seminar at the DOC Congress 2012

SCHWIND Social Dinner at the ASCRS Congress 2012

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SCHWIND is consistently expanding

its competence in therapeutic corneal

surgery. The company is the first and

only manufacturer of excimer lasersystems to offer the integrated

SCHWIND CXL-365 vario system for

the so-called corneal collagen cross-

linking (CXL). CXL using ultraviolet A

(UVA) light and riboflavin (vitamin B2)

was introduced as a clinical applica-

tion to stabilise the cornea by inducing

cross-links within and between colla-

gen fibres.

Three power levels

The SCHWIND CXL-365 vario system is

equipped with three power levels of 3,

9, and 18 mW/cm2. The highest power

level enables a cross-linking within five

minutes. To protect the limbal stem

cells and to focus the beam on the

clear cornea the irradiation diameter

can be variably adjusted from 7 mm

to 11.3 mm on the patients eye. The

CXL-365 comes with a high perfor-

mance diode and special optics which

ensure homogeneous illumination and

constant irradiation intensity over the

entire corneal surface. Thus hot spots

are avoided and the endothelium is

sufficiently protected. The SCHWIND

CXL-365 vario system is installed

under the laser arm and can be

moved back and forth. It can also

be swivelled by 90. In the parking

position, the aperture is positioned

above the external sensor. The energy

check is easy to perform prior to

treatment. A small display shows

the remaining treatment time. For

treatment the system is moved to the

left and swivelled by 90.

Easy positioning

The treatment planes of the SCHWIND

AMARIS laser systems and the

SCHWIND CXL-365 vario are identical.

The precise x/y adjustment of the

patient bed ensures easy patient

positioning. All laser systems in the

SCHWIND AMARIS product range can

be optionally equipped with the

SCHWIND CXL-365 vario system.

SCHWIND CXL-365 Vario SystemCorneal collagen cross-linking with SCHWIND AMARIS laser systems

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estimates by Market Scope, there are

currently approximately 4,000 excimer

lasers from various manufacturers in

operation for the correction of visual

defects in Asia, Australia, Europe,

Central and Latin America.

A pioneer in refractive surgery

SCHWIND eye-tech-solutions is one

of the pioneers of refractive surgery.

Founded in 1958 and having started

out as a complete provider for ophthal-

mologists, the 1990s saw the company

start up its second sector: the develop-

ment, production and sale of eye lasersfor correcting visual defects. The first

eye surgery with the first laser gene-

ration SCHWIND KERATOM was per-

were sold. Depending on the selected

features, a clinic or eye surgeon can

invest up to 500,000 in the premium

segment lasers of the SCHWIND

AMARIS product range and the corres-

ponding diagnostic systems.

The Bavarian-based, family-owned

company sets great store by a con-

tinuous quality offensive in a market

characterised by multinational, predo-

minantly listed providers. And not

without success: according to a recent

survey conducted by the market

researching company Market Scope,excluding the US market, SCHWIND

achieved a 34% global market share

in laser sales in 2011. According to

1,000th SCHWIND Eye Laser InstalledIn spring 2012, SCHWIND has installed

the thousandth laser system for

the treatment of visual defects. In

reaching the number one thousand,

we have achieved yet another mile-

stone in the history of our company.This is a great motivation for us

to continue to expand our strong

market position, commented CEO Rolf

Schwind. The very first SCHWIND laser

was delivered to South Korea in 1992.

Today, the sixth generation of lasers

enjoys high popularity across the

globe: laser systems from the

SCHWIND AMARIS product range havebeen installed worldwide, with the

exception of the USA. In the business

year 2011/2012 alone, over 100 lasers

SCHWIND milestones 2002 to 2012

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formed in 1992. In 1994, the company

was the first supplier in the world

to introduce a passive eye-tracking

system as a standard feature. Since

1999, SCHWIND has been focusing

its complete expertise and all of its

resources on laser eye surgery.

Milestones include the development

of unique corneal wavefront method

which can be used to detect and

smooth out smallest irregularities of

the cornea. With the introduction

of corneal thickness measurements

(online pachymetry) as a decisive

safety factor in laser treatment,

SCHWIND has made headlines as

a pioneer. The TotalTech Laser

SCHWIND AMARIS has been a tech-

nology leader since its introduction in

2007 and has impressed as a con-

tinuous pacesetter. 2009 heralded

the integration of the worlds first

six-dimensional eye tracking system,

which actively compensates all possi-

ble eye movements. 2010 saw the

market launch of the flagship

SCHWIND AMARIS 750S, which redu-

ces the treatment to just 1.5 seconds

per dioptre at a pulse frequency of

750 Hertz. Since the beginning of 2012,

the SCHWIND AMARIS product range

has been offering the latest technology

for the treatment of presbyopia with

the new PresbyMAX -Monovision

method. The procedure ensures excel-

lent visual acuity at all distances and

provides quick and high patient satis-

faction. Last but not least, the nanose-

cond laser SCHWIND SIRAMA was

launched in the market on occasion of

the ESCRS 2012.

A new high-tech laser from SCHWIND

is the fruit of over three years research

and development performed in order

to make the tailor-made hardware with

highly-developed software programmes

ready for its market launch.

SCHWIND ESIRIS SCHWIND AMARIS

SCHWIND KERATOM SCHWIND KERATOM MULTISCAN

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The new SCHWIND SIRAMA (former

SmartTech Laser) was recently nomi-

nated for the Berthold Leibinger

Innovationspreis 2012. The jurors

named the innovative laser system,

which creates LASIK flaps on the basisof nanosecond technology, as prize-

deserving development work in applied

laser technology.

The Berthold Leibinger Innovations-

preis honors scientists and developers

who make advancements in the field

of laser technology. Since 2000, the

Berthold Leibinger Stiftung has pre-

sented the award every two years forexcellent research and development

Nomination Distinction for SCHWIND SIRAMA

work on the application or generationof laser light. It is one of the highest

remunerated international innovationprizes for laser technology.

Prof. Dr. Alfred Vogel, Director Institute of Biomedical Optics, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Berthold Leibinger,founder of the Berthold Leibinger Stiftung, and Rolf Schwind, SCHWIND CEO, at the presen-tation of the nomination distinction.

In June the Muscat Eye Laser Center

celebrated ten years of eye care ex-

cellence. Founded in 2002, it has deve-

loped into Oman's largest and best

established eye-care services provider

in the private sector and is one of the

most renowned addresses for refrac-

tive and therapeutic corneal surgery

in the gulf region. The specialist team

is led by Maria Clara Arbelaez, MD,

a renowned refractive surgeon from

Colombia with over 20 years of experi-

ence in Latin America, the Caribbean

and the Middle East. She has more

than 50.000 successful eye surgeries

to her credit. Coinciding with the laser

Ten Years Muscat Eye Laser Center

centers jubilee is the fact that Dr.

Arbelaez has also used technologies

from SCHWIND for ten years, starting

in 2002 with the SCHWIND ESIRIS.

Rolf Schwind, CEO SCHWIND, congratulates Maria Clara Arbelaez, MD, Medical Director, andSameer Al Awam, CEO of the Muscat Eye Laser Center, for their ten-year anniversary.