Mediskop®

Working principle
The Mediskop® works on the principle that the structures of the refracting media of the eye, independent of their refractive condition, can be projected sharply onto the retina by rays of light from an almost punctiform light source (light emerges from an aperture 0.1 mm in diameter!).

Performing an examination
The patient is asked to keep the key at the front of the device pressed down with his thumb, thus keeping the aperture of the device right in front of the eye. The punctiform light source then appears as a light, circular area in which any cloudiness of the refracting media is then visible.

Aims and objectives of the examination
The Mediskop® is used for subjective determination of media cloudiness. The ophthalmologist is able to show his patient something that he would otherwise only be able to talk about. Patients with muscae volitantes, for example, appear in his clinic every single day. If the ophthalmologist can make these disturbing entoptic signs visible with the Mediskop®, even in the darkened examination room, he saves himself, under certain circumstances, from making long explanations or drawing diagrams.