Icare rebound tonometer to measure intraocular pressure

Anastasia Chalkidou, Senior Health Technology Assessor, KiTEC

Naomi Herz, Health Technology Assessor and Health Economist, KiTEC

Stephen Keevil, Director, KiTEC

Cornelius Lewis, Director, KiTEC

Viktoria McMillan, Centre Manager, KiTEC

Darshan Zala, Health Economist, KiTEC

Edward Mallen, Head of Optometry and Vision Science and Professor of Physiological Optics, University of Bradford

Wai‑Hong Chan, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

David (Ted) Garway‑Heath, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHSFT

Peng Tee Khaw, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon and Professor of Glaucoma and Ocular Healing, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHSFT

Julie Hatchell, Optician, Hatchell Opticians

David (Ted) Garway‑Heath has co‑authored peer‑reviewed scientific publications on the accuracy and precision of various tonometers (not including Icare). He is the International Glaucoma Association Professor of Ophthalmology, which has an interest in all aspects of glaucoma management. He is the Vice‑President of the European Glaucoma Society, which publishes practice guidelines and he sits on the guideline development group. Tonometry accuracy and precision is of fundamental relevance to the practice guidelines. He authored the response from Moorfields Eye Hospital to the draft NICE Guideline for the diagnosis and management of glaucoma and ocular hypertension. He is a co‑applicant on a successful NIHR i4i grant to develop a contact lens tonometer (due to be completed in 2016). If the development is successful, the contact lens tonometer could be a competitor to Icare in some (but not all) clinical scenarios (for example, home testing).

Peng Tee Khaw had a previous (one‑off) specialist consultancy on specific pharmaceutical issues relating to glaucoma and wound repair and regeneration from Celltech, Pfizer, Novartis, Alcon and Allergan and. He is co‑author in a research audit paper comparing Icare with Goldmann Tonometry in children (non‑sponsored).

No other relevant interests declared.