Designed to Maximize Your Workflow
Ellex has integrated the laser and slit lamp for greater efficiency and reliability, as well as for improved ease of use. The Solo’s compact, efficient design provides you with additional working space and convenient, simultaneous access to the patient and laser controls.
Faster Treatment
With the industry’s fastest firing rate at 3 Hertz, the Solo™ saves you time and allows you to perform quick and highly accurate treatment.
Ellex SLT Technology
The Ellex Solo™ features a high level of precision, in which parameter settings can be adjusted at 0.1 mJ increments. This capability, coupled with superior energy control and the fastest repetition rate in the industry at 3 hertz, enables you to deliver quick and highly accurate SLT treatment. All SLT treatment parameters are designed to industry-recognized treatment protocols, maximizing treatment options and ensuring effective patient results by enabling treatment to be tailored to the individual patient’s response.
SLT Photoregeneration
SLT is a highly effective approach for first-line glaucoma treatments, adjunct therapy with drugs, and alternative therapy when drugs or surgery fail. It is also a flexible treatment option, because it can be repeated, if necessary, depending on the individual patient’s response. SLT uses short pulses of low-energy light to target the melanin in specific cells of the affected eye. In response, the body’s natural healing mechanisms rebuild these cells, improving drainage and lowering intraocular pressure. The surrounding, non-pigmented cells — as well as the rest of the eye structure — are untouched and undamaged.
Value-Added SLT Program
 In order to maximize the potential of SLT within your practice, Ellex has developed the Value-Added SLT Program. This program delivers a number of tools designed to increase the visibility of SLT among patients, and provides a wealth of treatment information based on the extensive experience of doctors, researchers and clinicians who are considered SLT experts by the field. Topics include how to qualify patients for treatment, optimal treatment techniques and the latest SLT research studies from around the world. Learn more at slt-ellex.com.
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| Solo Product Specifications |
| Laser Source |
Q-switched, frequency doubled Nd:YAG |
| Wavelength |
green: 532 nm |
| Energy |
0.3 to 2.6 mJ, single pulse, continuously variable |
| Pulse Duration |
3 ns |
| Spot Size |
400 μm |
| Repetition Rate |
up to 3 hertz |
| Aiming Beam |
red 635 nm, adjustable intensity |
| Magnification |
10x, 16x, 28x |
| Cooling |
air cooled |
| Electrical Requirements |
100 - 240 VAC, 50/60 Hz, 500 VA |
| Weight |
30 kg, 66 lbs (laser only) |
| Dimensions (HxWxD) |
57 x 92 x 44 cm, 23 x 36 x 18 inches (laser only) |
| Standard Accessories |
remote control, safety glasses, laser safety sign, dust cover |
| Optional Accessories |
Total Solution™ tables, tonometer mount, SLT laser lens, footswitch, five-position magnification changer, beam splitter, 35mm camera adapter, video camera adapter, co-observation tube |
* Specifications are subject to change without notice.
Total Solution™ Tables (optional accessory)
Ellex Total Solution tables are designed to meet the needs of any environment. The following tables are available in the Total Solution range:
- Wheelchair Accessible
- Wheelchair Accessible, Mobile
- Mobile
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Power Control™ Footswitch (optional accessory)
Adjust critical treatment parameters while maintaining hands-on control of the slit lamp. |
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Back-Lit Remote Control
Adjust critical treatment parameters in a dimly-lit treatment room using the black-lit remote control. |
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| Tonometer Mount |
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| SLT Laser Lens |
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| Capsulotomy and Iridectomy Laser Lenses |
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| Five-Position Magnification Changer |
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| Beam Splitter |
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| 35 mm Camera Adapter |
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| Video Camera Adapter |
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| Co-observation tube |
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Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty (SLT)
SLT Photoregeneration is used to treat glaucoma, the leading cause of blindness in North America and Europe, and the second leading cause worldwide.
SLT is a highly effective approach for first-line glaucoma treatments, adjunct therapy with drugs, and alternative therapy when drugs or surgery fail. It is also a flexible treatment option, because it can be repeated, if necessary, depending on the individual patient’s response. Gentle and non-invasive, SLT uses short pulses of low-energy light to target the melanin in specific cells of the affected eye. In response, the body’s natural healing mechanisms rebuild these cells, improving drainage and lowering intraocular pressure. The surrounding, non-pigmented cells — as well as the rest of the eye structure — are untouched and undamaged. For more information on how SLT is performed, download the SLT Treatment Guidelines.
View the videos below to see first-hand how SLT treatment is performed in a number of different clinical cases. Videos are provided courtesy of Prof. Philippe Denis, University Hospital of Lyon, France.
SLT: Treatment Protocol
Treatment is undertaken in single shot mode, with consecutive but not overlapping spots placed over the interior half of the trabecular meshwork. To determine the optimal level of energy for each patient, the energy level is gradually increased until the threshold energy level for mini-bubble information is observed, or decreased if bubble formation is noted.
SLT: Narrow Angles
When performing SLT on patients with narrow angles, visibility is reduced compared to normal angles. It is important to ensure the patient looks toward the mirror in order to improve visibility. In addition, the laser treatment beam must be applied closer to the iris base, but without touching it.
SLT: Heavily-Pigmented Trabeculum
It is important to note that less energy is required when performing SLT on patients with a heavily pigmented trabeculum. In this case study, extensive mini-bubble formation was noted at the commencement of SLT treatment, indicating that the energy level was too high. The energy level was consequently decreased to be just below the threshold level for bubble formation.
SLT: Irregular Pigmentation
Tip: Always ensure that focus is maintained on the target tissue, and not on the laser beam spot. In addition, the treatment beam should cover the central part of the trabecular meshwork, where pigmentation is maximal.
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SLT is a highly effective approach for first-line glaucoma treatments, adjunct therapy with drugs, and alternative therapy when drugs or surgery fail. It is also a flexible treatment option, because it can be repeated, if necessary, depending on the individual patient’s response. SLT uses short pulses of low-energy light to target the melanin in specific cells of the affected eye. In response, the body’s natural healing mechanisms rebuild these cells, improving drainage and lowering intraocular pressure. The surrounding, non-pigmented cells — as well as the rest of the eye structure — are untouched and undamaged.
In order to maximize the potential of SLT within your practice, Ellex has developed the Value-Added SLT Program. This program delivers a number of tools designed to increase the visibility of SLT among patients, and provides a wealth of treatment information based on the extensive experience of doctors, researchers and clinicians who are considered SLT experts by the field. Topics include how to qualify patients for treatment, optimal treatment techniques and the latest SLT research studies from around the world. Learn more at slt-ellex.com.
