DRISHTI [EYE LASER] DRDO, in collaboration with LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, has designed a pulsed Nd-YAG laser with a delivery system for ophthalmological applications. The system is used as a photodisruptor for the treatment of glaucoma. It is configured as a Q-switched laser operating at its fundamental wavelength of 1064 nm. Initial clinical trials of the laboratory model on about 100 patients have been successful and the technology was transferred to the industry [Bharat Electronics Ltd., Pune]. |