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The Eyegenie, invented by Dr Chris Putrino, is an eyelid retractor that allows the practitioner to grip the external eyelid accurately and comfortably without having to make any direct skin-to-skin contact with the patient.
Dr Putrino had become frustrated with the lack of instrumentation during routine clinical tasks involving manipulation of the eyelids.
'Much to my surprise the only eyelid retractors available were internal retractors, requiring an invasive and time-consuming clinical task,' he explains. Ophthalmologists have historically used an internal mechanical retractor known as an ocular speculum to maintain prolonged eyelid retraction during surgery.
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