Steinbeis Research Center The David J Apple Center for Vision Research
Im Neuenheimer Feld 400
69120 Heidelberg
Germany
69120 Heidelberg
Germany
- Phone: +49 6221 563664
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Management:
- Prof. Dr. med. Gerd Auffarth
Services
- Development and function testing of ophthalmological refractive implants
- Development and function testing of ophthalmological operation systems
- Development and function testing of ophthalmological laser systems
- Planning and implementation of function testing of implants involving Miyake Apple eye simulation systems
- Planning and implementation of clinical GCP studies in the fields of cataract surgery, refractive surgery and general ophthalmology
- Clinical trials (FDA, BfArM, GCP, GLP) involving medical devices, medical products and pharmacology
- Evaluation and development of diagnostic equipment used in ophthalmology
- Organization and implementation of surgical training events
- Expert reports
Key Areas
- Causes of posterior capsule opacification
- Special lenses: accommodative lenses, toric IOLs, multifocal IOLs, filter IOLs, other implants
- Phaco-emulsification technology
- Diagnostic equipment: imaging, coherence tomography, wave front
- Laser systems: excimer and femtosecond lasers
- Ocular pharmacology: clinical trials, repeat clinical studies
- Ophthalmic pathology
- Training courses: wet labs, dry labs
- Operation course: live surgery, training with live surgery
- Refractive surgery, curative cornea surgery, experimental cornea surgery
- Corneal wound treatment, immunology with cornea transplantations
Media
Yearbook Steinbeis Foundation´s Transfer Award – Löhn Award
- Mini Implant Sensor for Non-Invasive Testing of Blood Sugar in Diabetes (Löhn Award 2009)