Dynamic observing tonometry (DOT)

摘要

The proposed device allows the ophthalmology to perform the ordinary slit-lamp fundus examinations combined with simultaneous dynamic tonometry. It offers for the first time easy and precise analysis of cardiac and respiratory- modulated intra-ocular pressure while directly observing the choroid and the papilla, as well as the analysis of heart rate variability and inspection of the iridocorneal angle at varying applied pressure. Moreover, dynamic observing tonometry gives easy access to examination procedures such as tonography and ophthalmodynamometry, which have been rarely performed despite their potential diagnostic value due to the complexity of experimental protocols hitherto used.