A wealth of information is collected by the OPD III in a few seconds. One of the things it can help determine if a patient is a good candidate for premium IOL implantation.  With one of the maps, we can look at the size of the pupil and angle kappa which is very important to determine multifocal IOL candidacy.

The tilt back Marco chair has power assisted buttons on both sides. There’s a flip pedal on the side which can raise the chair up and down or adjust the height of the chair. There’s no bending over at all. These chairs have a lifespan of about 15 to 20 years.

We use the EPIC on all new patients, saving time over manual refraction. Surgical workups also take less time because patients are afforded a variety of tests at a single workstation. The need to move patients, a measurable source of wasted time, is kept to a minimum. Money is saved in many ways with the EPIC – most notably in time saved and the ability to use staff with less expertise to perform the straightforward yet sophisticated procedure.

For relatively uncomplicated refractive cases, this technology speeds up workflow, eliminates transcription errors, and improves the patient experience. For more complicated or difficult cases, this technology can pull the curtain back on why a patient can't achieve 20/20 vision (due to higher-order aberrations) and has trouble with night vision (refractive differences in corneal power as pupil size increases).