Website now available in German
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Recommendations on IOL exchange.
Guidelines for Intraocular Lens Exchange Due to Material Changes
In Publications, Jun 11, 2026
Injector Force
A laboratory analysis of the variation in resistance force during intraocular lenses injection by...
In Research, May 11, 2026
AH Cytokine and Chemokine changes after FLACS
A study of postoperative inflammation after femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery showed th...
In Research, Jan 30, 2026
2025: 57+ publications
2025:57+ publications from the Heidelberg University Hospital Eye Department and the David J Appl...
In Publications, Dec 31, 2025
2025 - Good News!
Good news to end 2025: the first African country to eliminate river blindness: the Republic of Ni...
In Lab News, Dec 31, 2025
Refining mini-monovision
In a laboratory study, both Acunex Quantum and RayOne EMV are suitable for mini-monovision. ### H...
In Research, Dec 24, 2025
Artiplus and IPCL
Laboratory study of Ophtec’s Artisan versus the Care Group’s IPCL
In Research, Oct 20, 2025
Vivity and PureSee
EDoF lenses allow cataract and refractive-lens-exchange patients to have improved intermediate-di...
In Research, Jul 24, 2025
Safety in IOL exchange
We set out to study IOL exchange in patients who had IOL complications but otherwise had healthy ...
In Research, Jun 30, 2025
Simulating IOL vision before implanting a lens
IOL simulators, where the patient can experience vision through IOLs prior to IOL implantation, a...
In Research, Jun 25, 2025
Exact and Symfony
We compared two hybrid refractive-diffractive IOLs with enhanced depth of focus.
In Research, May 20, 2025
DGII 2025 prizewinning papers
Five prizewinning papers from Heidelberg at this year’s DGII meeting.
In Lab News, Feb 15, 2025
An objective decision criterion for IOL exchange
Counselling after IOL calcification
In Research, Feb 09, 2025Welcome
The David J Apple® Laboratory continues the pioneering work of Dr. David Apple which focuses on intraocular lens research and improving cataract surgery techniques.
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Two Apple cores
The core of the laboratory is the people who do the research. While David Apple was alive, he called his researchers the Apple Korps. Now one can talk of a New Generation of Auffarth-Apple Korps.
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Recommendations on IOL exchange.
Guidelines for Intraocular Lens Exchange Due to Material Changes
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