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SYSTEMS / EQUIPMENT
A Portable HD Video Magnifier for People On The Go
Product: Amigo HD
Top Line: Enhanced Vision’s new Amigo HD is a portable HD video magnifier for those on the go.
Close Up: The lightweight, hand-held device displays HD images with vibrant colors on a seven-inch widescreen LCD. Users can see objects in the distance and save captured images for later viewing, as well as read mail, magazines, newspapers, prescriptions, books and view photos. Two desktop, hand-free positions allow users to easily read, write, pay bills, file nails and work on hobbies.
Vital Stats:
- Auto focus and one-push manual focus for viewing objects at any distance.
- Adjustable brightness with lights on/off.
- Image capture and save with capability to magnify, pan, change viewing modes and upload to PC
- 28 available color modes to optimize contrast and brightness
- Adjustable magnification
- 1.4x to 25x
- Video output to an HDMI-enabled monitor or television
www.enhancedvision.com; (888) 811-3161
EXAMS / DISPENSING
Vmax Vision Launches Perfectus
Product: The Perfectus
Top Line: Vmax Vision, the manufacturer of the PSF Refractor and the PSF Integro, is launching the Perfectus, which combines wavefront autorefraction and subjective refraction in a single instrument.
Close Up: Vmax Vision describes the Perfectus as the new “refraction lane-in-a-Box.” The compact unit eliminates the need for a 16- to 20-foot lane, instead requiring only a 3 by 4-foot space. It incorporates wavefront autorefraction together with Vmax Vision’s subjective point spread function refractor. With the new Perfectus, eyecare practitioners receive all of the clinical benefits of the PSF Refractor, the space-saving features of the Integro, and the advantages of a built-in wavefront autorefraction. The wavefront component will serve as a starting point. This allows practitioners to achieve a more accurate refraction in a fraction of the time.
The Perfectus eliminates the need for patients to walk from room to room. All key refractive testing can be performed at the same setting. “You really get the best of both worlds,” said Shui Lai, PhD, CEO of Vmax Vision. “The Perfectus incorporates the highly accurate subjective technology from the PSF Refractor and marries it with wavefront technology. Eyecare practitioners are now able to achieve reliable refractive outcomes with unprecedented efficiency.”
The Perfectus raises the gold standard from 20/20 to 20/12. In many cases, this elevated acuity can be achieved in less than one minute per eye, according to Vmax Vision.
The Perfectus does not rely 100 percent on the objective aspect of the wavefront autorefraction. Patient input is still the key.
“We emphasize that subjective readings are the most reliable,” said Dr. Lai. “However, an objective reading within the same device is ideal because we now have an accurate starting point that will get us to our subjective end point even faster and more accurately.”
Vital Stats: The Perfectus measures a patient’s subjective visual response to a point spread function target, enabling a highly precise refraction to 0.05D, which is five times more precise than a traditional phoropter. The PSF Refraction corrects for higher-order aberrations and helps prevent over-minus in prescriptions.
www.VmaxVision.com; (800) 413-7038
WEB TECH
CareCredit Launches Proprietary Digital Card Technology for Cardholders and Providers
Product: CareCredit Digital Credit Card
Top Line: CareCredit, from Synchrony Financial, is introduces a digital card that enables mobile payment functionality for all CareCredit cardholders and providers. Developed to address the rise in mobile engagement by CareCredit customers—unique visitors to the CareCredit mobile website are up 59 percent year-over-year—this new offering provides secure mobile payment options for whichever digital wallet customers and providers choose.
Close Up: The digital card, successfully piloted in 2014 with a number of Synchrony Financial retail partners, allows cardholders to access a digital version of their CareCredit healthcare credit card on their mobile device, eliminating the need to bring their card with them at the time of care. This is particularly convenient for existing CareCredit cardholders who account for nearly half of all CareCredit purchase volume. The digital card is seamlessly integrated into CareCredit’s existing mobile servicing site, accessed via www.mysynchrony.com/carecredit, which allows cardholders to easily service their accounts on mobile devices.
The digital card is device agnostic and does not require any new hardware or mobile application download, providing flexibility and ease-of-payment through any accepted mobile wallet or existing point of sale method. The digital card establishes a secure customer enrollment and authentication process and offers a unique mobile device provisioning through the “add to home screen” feature. After the initial set-up, the digital card is accessible by simply entering a PIN chosen during the enrollment process.
Vital Stats: CareCredit is a healthcare credit card for patient financing of health related products and services. It is offered at 180,000 providers in vision, dental, cosmetic and other fields.
www.carecredit.com; (800) 300-3046; www.synchronyfinancial.com
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