Descemet’s stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty injecting device

Figures & data

Figure 1. Keramed Shiuey Endoshield.

Figure 2. Rhein Medical/Lens Tec Harvey–Steinert injector.

Figure 3. Fischer Surgical Neusidl corneal insertion spatula.

Figure 4. Kaneka Ide Descemet’s stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty injector.

Table 1. Five Descemet’s stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty injectors.

Product	Company	Inventor	Specifications
			Disposable/reusable	Action	Inject air bubble to lift DSAEK tissue?	Maintain intraocular pressure?	Intraocular pressure reduced function?
Endoshield	Keramed (San Jose, CA, USA)	Yichieh Shiuey	Disposable	Push out (one way)	No	No	No
Harvey–Steinert injector	Rhein Medical (Tampa, FL, USA); Lens Tec (Petersburg, FL, USA)	Thomas Harvey	Body: reusable Cartridge: disposable	Pull into and push out (two way)	No	No	No
Al-Ghoul vacuum-assisted injector	Ension (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)	Ahmed Al-Ghoul	Body: reusable Cartridge: disposable	Vacuum, pull into and push out (two way)	No	Yes (after releasing the tissue)	No
Neusidl corneal inserter	Fischer Surgical (Arnold, MO, USA)	William B Neusidl	Disposable	Pull into and push out (two way)	No	Yes	No
Ide DSAEK injector	Kaneka (Osaka, Japan)	Takeshi Ide	Disposable	Push out (one way)	Yes	Yes	Yes

DSAEK: Descemet’s stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty.