SCHWIND Amaris 500E - 4 Device; System Description; General Notes; The Product; System Overview

USER MANUAL (Instruction for Use) SW 6.1
Device / System Description
Version 6.1.6 dated 2020-01-31 EN Page 47 of 201
4 DEVICE / SYSTEM DESCRIPTION
4.1 General Notes
This chapter gives an overview of the SCHWIND AMARIS components and describes in short
form the main function units of the SCHWIND AMARIS, the operation and control elements and
the available components for all models, the AMARIS 1050RS, the AMARIS 750S and the AMARIS
500E, respectively.
4.2 The Product
The SCHWIND AMARIS excimer lasers are medical high-performance lasers to be applied for the
permanent corrections of the various kinds of ametropias and corneal changes of the human eye
in refractive surgery.
It offers customized treatment possibilities in refractive surgery such as the correction of
aberrations of the human eye and modulations of the cornea.
For ablation the SCHWIND AMARIS uses cold light (wave length 193 nm) and ablates the desired
corneal tissue of the human eye very precisely and computer controlled. This is carried out on
the corneal surface (PRK, TransPRK) or on the stroma after creation and folding away of a thin
flap (LASIK).
The excimer laser represents the latest and most innovative technology for refractive surgery.
4.3 System Overview
The SCHWIND AMARIS excimer lasers consist of the following default components:
1. Optical system (chapters 4.8, 4.9), which consists of:
 Optical arm (covered and uncovered)
 Microscope
 Beam path
2. Panel-PC unit (chapter 6.2)
 Touch screen
 Keyboard with touch pad
 Two (re-)sterilisable pens
 Pen holder
 Card reader
3. Electronic-unit
4. Excimer Laser source (chapters 4.5, 4.6)
5. Gas supply unit (chapter 4.7)
6. Partical Aspiration System with double-channel nozzle for AMARIS 500E/750S/1050RS
(until July 2017) (chapter 4.10) or internal Plume Evacuation System with single-channel
nozzle for AMARIS 750S and 1050RS (since July 2017), (chapter 4.11)
7. Eye tracking system (chapter 8.5)
8. SCHWIND Patient Bed (System combination with AMARIS) (chapter 4.12)
9. SCHWIND CAM Treatment Planning software (System Combination with AMARIS)
(chapter 8.2)