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Wolfgang Haigis – The Scientist known for his formulae dies at 72. The German Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgery (DGII) has announced that Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Haigis, a physicist working at the University of Wurzburg, has died on October 15 at the age of 72. Haigis was a pioneer and a driving force in […]

Heidelberg, 29 November 2019. Today is the 70th anniversary of Sir Harold Ridley’s implantation of an intraocular lens – the very first IOL operation.  The lens implantation took place at St Thomas’s Hospital in London. The lens was made of PMMA and manufactured by the British company, Rayner Intraocular Lenses Limited – a remarkable company which […]

What was written ten years ago, Prof. Thomas Kohnen’s editorial in the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery in November 2009.

Photographs from Kyoto

Paris 15 September 2019 The First prize for cataract posters was awarded to Daniel H Chang MD, USA, for his poster “Visual outcomes and defocus curve profile of a next-generation diffractive presbyopia-correcting intraocular lens”. Prof. Gerd Auffarth, the Head of the David J Apple Laboratory, was co-author of Dr Chang’s poster which presented defocus curve […]

Functional Outcomes and Reading Performance After Combined Implantation of a Small-Aperture Lens and a Segmental Refractive Bifocal Lens Hyeck-Soo Son, MD; Ramin Khoramnia, MD; Timur M. Yildirim, MD; Isabella Baur, MD; Grzegorz Labuz, PhD; Gerd U. Auffarth, MD, PhD J Refract Surg. 2019;35(9):551-558. Another publication from the David J Apple Center for Vision Research: in […]

Heidelberg, 28 August 2019.    Another paper from the research group at the David J Apple Center for Vision Research has been accepted for publication in the BMC Ophthalmology journal. Functional results and photic phenomena with new extended-depth-of-focus intraocular Lens Bert C. Giers, Ramin Khoramnia, Dorottya Varadi, Hannah Wallek, Hyeck-Soo Son, Mary S. Attia and Gerd U. Auffarth BMC […]

Heidelberg, 19 August 2019.    The latest paper from the research group at the David J Apple Lab has been accepted for future publication (in December later this year) in the influential American Journal of Ophthalmology, The Effect of a Spectral Filter on Visual Quality in Patients with an Extended-Depth-Of-Focus Intraocular Lens  Grzegorz Łabuz, Gerd U. Auffarth, […]

Chennai India: from 06 to 08 July 2019, The Intraocular Implant & Refractive Society of India (IIRSI) held its 2019 Ophthalmic Innovations Congress in Chennai, Tamil Nadu State, India Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami inaugurated the Ophthalmic Innovations Congress. The Chief Minister later presented medals to the visiting International Faculty, including the Head […]

Heidelberg 01 July 2019.    The research group at the David J Apple International Laboratory for Ocular Pathology published its latest findings in this month’s edition of the renowned Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery. The impact of glistenings on the optical quality of a hydrophobic acrylic intraocular lens  Jan N. Weindler, Grzegorz Łabuz, Timur M. Yildirim, Tamer […]

Heidelberg, 27 December 2018.    Opacification of hydrophilic intraocular lenses associated with vitrectomy and injection of intraocular gas. Marcovich AL, Tandogan T, Bareket M, Eting E,3 Kaplan-Ashiri I, Bukelman A,1 Auffarth GU, Khoramnia R. BMJ Open Ophthalmology 2018;3:e000157. doi:10.1136/ bmjophth-2018-000157 The latest edition of BMJ Open Ophthalmology has a report from an international group, including surgeons […]

Bonn, Germany  At the 116th Congress of the German Ophthalmology Society (DOG) 2018: 27-30 September, 2018 at World Conference Center in Bonn, the First Place Prize for Video Award was presented by Congress President Prof. Dr. Nicole Eter (Münster) to Prof. Gerd Auffarth (Heidelberg) for CSI: Heidelberg Episode 3 – Focus on Multifocal and EDOF IOL Technology.   […]

The Winner – Best Video award went to Prof. Auffarth for CSI: Heidelberg Episode 3 – Focus on Multifocal and EDOF IOL Technology. The video can be viewed on the Apple Lab’s YouTube channel

Heidelberg, 14 September 2018.    The latest scientific research paper from the research group at the David J Apple Lab has been accepted for publication in the prestigious American Journal of Ophthalmology, Glistening formation and light scattering in six hydrophobic-acrylic intraocular lenses Łabuz G, Knebel D, Auffarth GU, Fang H, van den Berg TJ, Yildirim TM, Son […]

Heidelberg o1 July 2018.    Today, the research group at the David J Apple International Laboratory for Ocular Pathology published its latest research paper in the prestigious American Journal of Ophthalmology Material Analysis and Optical Quality Assessment of Opacified Hydrophilic Acrylic Intraocular Lenses after Pars Plana Vitrectomy Timur M. Yildirim, Gerd U. Auffarth, Grzegorz Łabuz, Silvia Bopp, […]