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Eye-Safe LED Headlights

Truth in True Color LED Light Safety: Orascoptic’s TruColor™ vs. SurgiTel’s True Color Neutral

ErgoPractice News – March 2020 SurgiTel Answers Clinicians’ Questions “Since Orascoptic’s beam-forming optics do not use True Color Optical Technology, TruColor is not True Color.” After one of my recent seminars about safety issues related to loupes and LED headlights, one of the seminar attendees brought her Orascoptic loupes and TruColor LED headlight to me […]

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Ergonomics / Working-Pain

“What Is the SurgiTel Advantage?”

ErgoPractice News – February 2020 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] SurgiTel Answers Clinicians’ Questions: Consultation • Innovation • Products that Science Supports “The SurgiTel Advantage is beyond optical resolution.” Loupes and LED headlights have become essential vision-enhancement devices for clinicians. An established advantage of using loupes and headlights while working is an improved vision, leading […]

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Ergonomics / Working-Pain

Where Can I Get a FREE SurgiTel Loupe and Headlight Safety Evaluation?

ErgoPractice News – January 2020 SurgiTel Answers Clinicians’ Questions SurgiTel can help you evaluate your loupes and headlights in three different ways: Bring your loupes and LED headlights to SurgiTel exhibit booths Request our evaluation service for your clinic Request our FREE educational seminar with evaluation services “You alone are responsible for selecting ergonomically-correct loupes […]

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Ergonomics / Working-Pain

Your Team’s Health Matters: SurgiTel’s Free Evaluation & Educational Services

ErgoPractice News – December 2019 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] Work-related neck pain is the most common issue among both dental professionals and surgeons. According to ACS Surgery News, 92.3% of clinicians experience working pain, and most of these reported pain is in the neck and lower back.1 Prolonged working pain can eventually lead to […]

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Eye-Safe LED Headlights

Your Team’s Health Matters: Blue Light Hazard With LED Lights – Fact or Fiction?

ErgoPractice News – November 2019 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] Summary ANSES (French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety) confirmed that prolonged exposure to blue light from cool LED headlights can damage the retina, causing early-onset, age-related macular degeneration (AMD). SurgiTel can evaluate your current LED headlights against our true color neutral […]

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Dental

Your Team’s Health Matters: Ergonomics Gap Analysis

ErgoPractice News – October 2019 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] Recently I attended a pain management seminar organized by a dental study club. I was one of the panel speakers along with experts in physical therapy, chiropractic care, medical pain management, and acupuncture. This seminar was a Q & A format with panelists who shared […]

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Eye-Safe LED Headlights

SurgiTel’s True Color Beam-Forming Technology for LED Headlights

ErgoPractice News – September 2019 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] The color rendering index (CRI) or corrected color temperature (CCT) of LED headlight beams will be different from the LED chips hardware depending on the beam-forming optics. If beam-forming optics are not true color, achromatic beam-forming optics, then readings may vary depending on where the […]

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Ergonomics / Working-Pain

NEW Prime EX Loupe Design Maximizes Vision and Ergonomics

ErgoPractice News – August 2019 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] UPDATE: The Prime EX Frame has been discontinued and replaced by the ArmorFlex. Visit our Frames page to see current frame options. As the leading innovator for clinical vision systems, we take pride in continually refining our products to provide the best in vision and […]

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Ergonomics / Working-Pain

Measuring Your Working Pain Risk Using Biometric Data

ErgoPractice News – July 2019 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] As personal health has become more important and urgent in people’s lives, companies have created biometric devices that allow us to receive real-time feedback on how well we are doing. Fitbit®, for example, has become a household name very quickly. One of the greatest challenges […]

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