NeoLight, a leading provider of advanced ophthalmic imaging solutions, announced the release of the Phoenix ICON™ GO camera, a portable hand-held, wide-angle retinal imaging system.

The new addition to the ICON series bolsters the company’s reputation for delivering stunning high-resolution, high-contrast retinal images on both light and dark retinas, and now enables transportability to service a wide array of clinical sites including satellite hospitals, critical care facilities and remote areas.

The ICON GO camera employs the same breakthrough image quality mastered by the ICON™ cart-based imaging system while meeting demanding healthcare information security requirements. The ICON GO camera integrates smoothly with healthcare information systems with built-in DICOM features and pairs easily with teleophthalmology platforms.

Like its cart-based sibling, the ICON GO camera supports imaging on battery for up to 6 hours and requires minimal training.

The ICON GO camera empowers physicians to bring retinal imaging closer to patients in multiple locations outside of the treatment hub, which enables them to effectively deliver care to more patients without requiring the patients to travel to a central location.

Additionally, the photo documentation can help enhance patient-physician engagement, adherence to follow-up exams, and remote patient monitoring through telehealth services.

With the release of the ICON GO camera, NeoLight, has introduced new features to make patient-to-patient infection control easier by adding support for a built-in infection control audit log that pairs with new disinfection hardware added to the camera holster.

Now a single hospital system can acquire a ICON GO to enable their ophthalmologists, photographers and nurses to use it in different sites throughout their network.

In essence, the camera follows the imager wherever he or she needs to go and reduces the need for the patient to be transferred.

This alleviates challenges for the family, for the patient, and simplifies care in normal times but even more so during fraught times like we’re facing today.”