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Eye-Safe LED Headlights

Eye-Safe LED Headlights

Why Color Balanced SurgiTel Wireless LED Lights?

ErgoPractice News – May 2017 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com Wireless LED headlamps have become one of the most popular headlamp options. The recent Clinicians Report compared several wireless LED headlamps.1 Using data published in this report you can select the best light for various dental procedures. Let’s discuss how to use these data and […]

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New Products from SurgiTel – A report from the Chicago Midwinter Meeting

ErgoPractice News – February 2017 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com SurgiTel introduced three new products at the Chicago Midwinter Meeting: The Odyssey Wireless LED, the loupe-mounted SurgiCam HD digital video camera, and a test model of our 3D Digital Video Head-Up Display (HUD) System. We are happy to report a successful show with much interest […]

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Highlights from the ErgoPractice eNews Archive: 12 Defining Pieces

Issue Highlights ErgoPractice News – March 2015 Demystifying Magnification Power of Loupes ErgoPractice News – February 2016 New Breakthrough Design in Ergonomic Loupes ErgoPractice News – August 2015 5 Requirements for Clinical LED Headlights ErgoPractice News – September 2015 First Truly Touch-Free Headlight: Eclipse LED ErgoPractice News – May 2014 Magnification Power as the Key […]

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Is My LED Headlight Safe? The Blue Light Hazard

ErgoPractice News – October 2015 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com Exposure to Extreme Blue LED Headlights Negatively Affects Ocular Health The same type of blue light in a curing light is in other light sources, such as the sun. Then why is indirect sunlight not dangerous to our eyes? Because the dangerous blue light is […]

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First Truly Touch-Free Headlight: The Eclipse LED

ErgoPractice News – September 2015 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com SurgiTel Has Introduced the World’s First Truly Touch-Free Headlight Every time a gloved hand touches a switch or a button, there is a risk of cross-contamination. Most electronics cannot be autoclaved, and no matter how well we wipe down the outside of these tools, some […]

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5 Requirements for Clinical LED Headlights

ErgoPractice News – August 2015 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com SurgiTel’s Patented Multi-Lens Optical System Enhances Your Work After multiple generations of light designs, SurgiTel developed and patented our multi-lens, achromatic light optics system. Most manufacturers default to using simple beam-forming optical systems with single lenses. SurgiTel invested in developing this unique system with a […]

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Ergonomics / Working-Pain

Selecting Loupes and LED Headlights for the Best Vision and Ergonomics: 12 Questions and Answers

ErgoPractice News – May 2015 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com SurgiTel was founded in the early 1990s as a Division of General Scientific Corporation to help clinicians practice safely. SurgiTel has accomplished this by providing clinicians with ergonomic loupes, portable headlights, and related products such as stools, eye-protection filters, and loupe-mounted video cameras. During the […]

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Demystifying LED Headlights: 7 Questions and Answers

ErgoPractice News – April 2015 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com The largest dental industry event in the world, the International Dental Show (IDS), takes place in Cologne, Germany every two years. SurgiTel visited and received many questions from clinicians about loupe and light technology. Last month we shared the most common questions about magnification, with […]

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Advances in SurgiTel Headlights: Design Considerations of LED Headlights for Color Accuracy and Eye Safety

ErgoPractice News – March 2014 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com Brief History of SurgiTel’s Development of Headlights In the early 1990s, SurgiTel developed the first (maybe the first in the world) clinical portable headlight for dental and minor surgical procedures (Figure 1a). This was accomplished by using miniaturized halogen light bulbs. Soon after, SurgiTel introduced […]

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