Group: TRS-5100 Digital Refractor

Clearly in the era of COVID-19, the way we practice eye care has been impacted in ways we never saw coming just a few months ago. “Social distancing” is now a phrase we see applied to all aspects of how we interact with others outside of our home setting.

When we decided to look at how we could maintain our distance form our patients, yet still provide state of the art patient care, an automated refractor immediately came to mind. The TRS provided the solution we were looking for. It allows me to maintain a distance of over 6 feet, and if the user really wanted to, they could even refract from another room altogether. It also integrated with my autorefractor as well as my EMR, so the data transfer is seamless.

So in our quest for maintaining a safer environment for our patients as well as our staff, Marco’s TRS was just what we needed.

…Interpreting refractive data – not gathering it – will remain the cornerstone of Optometry. The future of the profession rests on its ability to adopt more of a medical model toward gathering patient data. Quantitative measures can be done on machines. A doctor should only perform functions that require clinical judgment.

The TRS replaced our standard, manual refractors, a decades-old technology that had been in use since we opened our practice many years ago. It was time to evolve into an automated, state-of-the-art refractive system.

I love the topo and the higher order aberrations calculations on the OPD. It helps me to show and explain to those difficult to refract patients why they can see as well as they want to be able to see. The OPD and TRS in series integrate seamlessly with our EMR. This allows us to import all that important data without the fear of data entry errors. Plus it is so much faster and efficient for the patient to have that data imported into our EMR.

Patients love the technology and they have the confidence knowing that they are getting the best exam they could possibly get.

The real reason I got my first TRS was because I was having shoulder problems from having my arms in the air all day with the manual phoropters. Almost immediately after I got my first TRS my discomfort went away and I felt better. I got one for my second exam room right away. My partner ordered two for his exam rooms, too. I can’t say with certainty that our optical sales have increased by a particular % but patients do appreciate seeing the improvement their new eyewear will give them. The other thing that came to me was that the TRS has made teaching our technicians to refract a breeze. The fact that they do preliminary refractions for all my exams gives me more face to face time with my patients and helps me to move between rooms more easily.

I am having fun exploring the options of my new Maserati, the Marco TRS. Quite an upgrade. All in all it is great to have working. The TRS is so wonderful, it keeps me able to practice without the posture and residual shoulder pain. This instrument probably extended my career by 20 years or more. I was always grumpy and in pain at work. Actually dreaded work, not the patients but the pain. Now I am gung ho, adapting the instrument options to my unique patients and having fun. Thank you and your company for this ergonometric salvation, for a fun experience installing, and allowing me to continue to serve my patients.

The refraction itself is extraordinarily accurate.