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Ergonomics / Working-Pain

Our Newest Innovation: The Ergo Fit Nose Pad

ErgoPractice News – January 2017 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com Changing the Way Clinicians Fit and Wear Their Loupes A Brief History of Ergonomic Vision Systems SurgiTel’s mission is to enhance vision and ergonomics for the clinician. Throughout our history, we have developed never before seen technologies in order to achieve our goal. Let us […]

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Ergonomics / Working-Pain

Verify Declination Angle Claims!

ErgoPractice News – December 2016 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com It has long been understood loupes with a steeper declination angle (DA) help clinicians achieve an upright, neutral posture that alleviates neck strain, pain, and injury.1 If the DA of loupes become larger, the user declines their eyes instead of their heads and thus can […]

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Ergonomics / Working-Pain

Many Clinicians Needlessly Work with Neck Pain

ErgoPractice News – November 2016 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com How Non-Ergonomic Loupes Have Caused an Epidemic and How You Can Help Stop It! Aches and pains are hindering the quality of life. Many surgeons (92.3%) report work-related pains and about 20% of those surgeons eventually resort to surgery for treatment.1 Dentist and veterinarians are […]

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Loupes

Laser Protection Options for Loupes

ErgoPractice News – October 2016 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com Removable Laser Protection Provides Clinicians With Flexible Options for Laser Protection The eye focuses visible and near-infrared light onto the retina and thus a direct laser beam can be focused intensely on the retina which may be up to 200,000 times higher than at the […]

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Loupes

3 Uses of SurgiTel Working Distance Caps

ErgoPractice News – September 2016 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com Use SurgiTel’s Unique Working Distance Cap System to Adapt Your Loupes to Your Work SurgiTel has developed and patented a technology for easily adjusting working distance by using “Working Distance Caps.” These caps are used on both our Galilean and prismatic loupes (Figure 1) to […]

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Ergonomics / Working-Pain

Guidelines for Selecting Clinical Loupes

ErgoPractice News – August 2016 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com Are You or Someone You Know at Risk of a Career-Ending Neck Injury? The August 2016 Independent Clinicians Report has a cover story titled “Clinical Guidelines for Selecting Loupes.”1 This report contains a survey with answers to several important questions about declination angle vs head […]

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Ergonomics / Working-Pain

ACS Surgery News Recognizes the Working Pain Epidemic

ErgoPractice News – July 2016 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com In the April 2016 issue of the ACS Surgery News, the Official Newspaper of the American College of Surgeons, the front page featured “Operating with pain: Surgeon workplace injury underrecognized.” The clinicians on the ACS Communities Online Forum reacted strongly and several of their letters were printed in […]

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Loupes

Not All Loupes Are Created Equal

ErgoPractice News – June 2016 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com Inexpensive Loupes May Be the Most Expensive Loupes One Can Buy! Over the past several years the number of companies providing inexpensive loupes either online or at trade shows has skyrocketed. For decades before this, the number of loupe companies have been relatively small and […]

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Eye-Safe LED Headlights

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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Woman wearing loupes

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