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Ergonomics / Working-Pain

Roles of SurgiTel’s Front-Lens-Mounted (FLM) Loupes for a Pain-Free Practice

ErgoPractice News – July 2022 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com Summary SurgiTel’s Front-Lens-Mounted (FLM) loupes are the only customizable loupes with a full range of magnification powers, allowing customers to create a custom declination angle for their maximum neck comfort.1 In this issue, we will review the important roles that SurgiTel’s customizable FLM loupes has […]

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Dental

Considerations in Purchasing Deflection Loupes

ErgoPractice News – June 2022 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com Summary Loupes can offer two benefits to users. The first benefit is the improved vision (i.e., magnified images) and the second benefit is the improved working ergonomics (i.e., safe working posture). All loupes can provide users with the first benefit, but many loupes cannot provide […]

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Ergonomics / Working-Pain

Success at SurgiTel: 30 Years of Vision & Ergonomics

ErgoPractice News – May 2022 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com Summary In 1992 SurgiTel was founded as a Division of General Scientific Corporation. SurgiTel’s founding mission has been to improve the way medical, dental and veterinary professionals work. During the last 30 years, SurgiTel has obtained over 40 patents and developed necessary technologies to manufacture […]

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Dental

Traditional Straight Loupes Vs. Deflection Loupes

ErgoPractice News – April 2022 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com Summary The recent introduction of deflection (or refraction) loupes in the U.S. market by LumaDent (ErgoPrism loupes), Design for Vision (Infinity Vue loupes), and other companies has helped clinicians recognize the importance of ergonomic loupes to prevent posture-related neck pain. It is noted that deflection […]

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Loupes

The Effects of Aging Eyes (Presbyopia) on Vision and Maintenance Cost of Loupes

ErgoPractice News – March 2022 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com Summary The working distance of loupes will be increased as a function of the eye because the near focal distance of aging eyes will increase due to the reduced accommodation power of the eyes and the increased working distance will affect the vision through loupes. […]

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Loupes

Introducing Wide Field UltiView™ Lite 3.0x as New Standard Startup Loupes

ErgoPractice News – February 2022 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com Why Wide Field 3.0x Loupes as Startup Loupes? As a result of continued education of ergonomic working postures, modern clinicians such as dental and hygiene students learn to work with longer working distances (more than 18”) than old generation clinicians whose average working distance was […]

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Loupes

Developing a List of Requirements for the Ultimate Loupes and Their Hidden Costs

ErgoPractice News – January 2022 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com Summary Our goal as a company is to design, engineer, and build the Ultimate Loupes. We would like to develop a list of requirements as a guide and criteria for building the ultimate loupes. Once we establish a list of essential requirements for these ultimate […]

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Dental

SurgiTel Prism Pro Loupes as an Alternative Option of Operating Microscopes

ErgoPractice News – November 2021 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com Introduction The use of extreme magnification for microsurgical procedures and various dental procedures such as restorative, prosthodontic, and endodontic procedures has gained widespread acceptance.1-3 As an extreme magnification instrument, operating microscopes have been used because they can offer extreme magnification powers. But there are several […]

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Loupes

Prescription of Eyeglasses and Custom TTL Loupes

ErgoPractice News – October 2021 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com Properly fitted loupes can play two important roles improving vision and improving working posture. We reviewed the effect of the viewing angle (declination angle) of loupes on the neck posture and identified that improperly fitted loupes are the main cause of chronic neck pain. With […]

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