Our practice’s favorite refractor is the Marco TRS-5100. Not only is it quiet, fast, efficient and comfortable, but it also has the "cool" factor. It allows us to evaluate, document and auto-populate (using our Exam Writer software) each patient’s unaided visual acuity, lensometer reading, acuities with eyeglasses, auto-refraction, subjective refraction values, associated acuities, phorias and even the keratometer readings (if your ARK or OPD is synched up). You can even check and document phorias, vergences, fusion status, stereopsis, near acuities, NPA, NPC, NRA and PRA. If the TRS-5100 could read and fit soft contact lenses, it might be able to examine patients without me!

There is no question that the EPIC increases sales. My optical business is 2.5 times what it was before we added the EPIC and a new design for the optical display.

I am thoroughly enjoying using the OPD-Scan III. It has already become a fully integrated and invaluable tool in my office.  There are numerous ways that I use the OPD-Scan III in my every day clinical exams.  Immediately after becoming trained on it I was able to use it for patient education and diagnostic purposes.  I use it for preoperative evaluation of all refractive surgery and cataract patients. It is an amazing tool for both pre- and post-operative assessment of toric IOL patients.  I find that the autorefractions and wavefront refractions are spot on, and this has saved valuable time for my technicians in the clinic. Now that I have an OPD-Scan III, I can't imagine practicing without one.  

The OPD-Scan III performs many functions in seconds. If a practitioner understands its multiple scanning methodologies they will raise their level of care to their patients. Pupillometry, IOL positioning, retro illumination of cataracts, angle kappa, tear film evaluation, corneal topography, corneal power assessment for post refractive patients, and other functions makes this instrument a fundamental requirement to practice in the 21st century. All of this is collected in seconds! We have come to recognize in our practice that OPD is a necessity - not luxury. After you learn how to use the myriad of functions that is collected in seconds, you can use them to educate your patients and enhance their confidence in you - their 'expert'.