J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.  1974 Sep;15(3):205-207.

Home-made Eye Instruments

• Kim JH

Abstract

For the past 10 years, many home-made products of general medical instruments such as sphygmomanometer, thermometer, stethoscope, syringe, needles, illuminators, surgical and treating table, chairs, separating stretcher, cabinets, beds, electronic apparatus, and some stainless surgical instruments of scissors or forceps were appeared with good quality. In ophthalmic field, also some good products were appeared such as treating unit (modified from Inami), drop bottle thermostats, droppers, eye guard, washing bottle, eye bath receptacle, operating table, electric instrument, sterilizer, instrument table, prosthesis, contact lens, hot compress of electric formenting apparatus, lens frame, ophthalmic lite, chair, some stainless fine instruments and devices. Author presented here some small ophthalmic optical and treating instruments such as eye shield, cataract lens shield, +10.D. lens for the examination of aphakic patients, goniolens, surgical goniolens and orbital implant which could be made simply with low costs.

MeSH Terms

Baths
Cataract
Humans
Needles
Operating Tables
Orbital Implants
Prostheses and Implants
Sphygmomanometers
Stethoscopes
Surgical Instruments
Syringes
Thermometers