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Barraquer Needle Holder Castroviejo Needle with lock Holder with lock

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Microsurgical procedures require equipment which magnifies the operating field. Microsurgical instruments must be capable of delicately gSource manipulating structures barely visible to the naked eye, with handles large enough to hold comfortably and securely. They must also take into account the tremor of the surgeon's hand, which can be greatly amplified under magnification.

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Ramón Castroviejo was a Spanish and American eye Ignacio Barraquer was a Spanish ophthalmologist surgeon known for his achievements in corneal known for advancing . Dr. Barraquer transplantation. Born in 1904 in Logroño, Spain he was born in 1884 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain and received his medical education at the University of received his medical doctorate in 1908 in Barcelona. Madrid. He graduated in 1927 and worked at the Upon his father's retirement, he was appointed as Chicago Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital and the Acting Professor of at the School of Mayo Clinic before coming to Columbia Presbyterian Medicine and held this position until 1923. He Medical Center in New York in 1931. He became the invented many surgical instruments and procedures director of Ophthalmology at St. Vincent's Hospital involving cataract surgery. Among his other and later purchased the Hammond House and achievements, Barraquer also founded, planned, and modified the top two floors of the building to open as designed the Centro de Oftalmología Barraquer. He an eye hospital. passed away in 1965.

He improved the technique for grafting of the human José Barraquer came from a family of four cornea in the 1930’s and 1940’s, prompting the generations of prominent ophthalmologists, and is worldwide adoption of as a acknowledged as the father of . He standard way to deal with severe corneal pathology. was the son of Ignacio Barraquer and was born in Rather than create a circular window in the cornea, he 1916 in Barcelona, Spain, but moved in 1953 to

24 created a rectangular one and was successful in his Bogota, Colombia. There, he founded the Barraquer transplants. Although the medical community was Institute of America, where he trained many of the slow to recognize his successes, Dr. Castroviejo was refractive surgeons practicing around the world today. eventually commended and recognized for his sight- The Barraquer Institute of America is a civilian non- saving corneal tissue transplant techniques, which he profit scientific institution dedicated to the research, continued to refine and teach for many years. Dr. study, teaching and dissemination of the science of Castroviejo also promoted the donation of corneal ophthalmology. One of its goals is to provide free eye tissue in the United States and designed numerous care to poor Colombians. The Barraquer Institute also ophthalmic instruments, including the Castroviejo established the first eye bank in Colombia. needle holder, an instrument used in eye and microsurgery, as shown on page 1 in this section. Dr. Barraquer promoted the improvement of suture After his retirement he moved to Madrid, and passed material and technique in cataract and corneal away in 1987. surgery, and designed numerous surgical instruments, including the Barraquer Needle Holder, as shown on page 1 in this section. He was dedicated to the idea of reshaping the cornea to change the eye’s refractive power. He developed the breakthrough eye technology that made LASIK (Laser-Assisted Stromal In-situ ) surgery possible. LASIK involves the use of lasers to carve very thin slices of cornea which are then reshaped so as to reduce nearsightedness and other optical health problems. He invented the cryolathe and microkeratome, which are the instruments used to perform LASIK surgery. Dr. Barraquer continued to practice, invent and teach until his death in 1998.

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