-Fremont, CA USA, May 31, 2002-

NIDEK Inc. announced today the availability of a new, portable mega pixel digital hand-held fundus camera for use in photographing a patient's retina. The new instrument, called the NM-200D, uses invisible infrared light for alignment and viewing and an extremely low flash to photograph the retina (fundus) of patients with suspected retinal disorders. The color digital images are captured with a much lower flash intensity than conventional cameras, which allows a more comfortable exam for the patients.

"The NM-200D is compact and easy to use, and does not require dilation of the pupil" stated Hiroshi Okada, vice president and general manager, NIDEK, Inc. "Its portability and light weight makes the NM-200D ideal for both adult and pediatric applications". The digital images are displayed on the instrument's Touch LCD color display screen, and can also be exported to a computer, television monitor, or saved on a PC card.