Product Profile: Ergo Max Loupes

All clinicians want to work safely and ergonomically; no one wishes to retire early with a painful injury. But it can be difficult to know which products are truly ergonomic and which have only been labeled as such—until it’s too late.

Research indicates that working with the neck tilted more than 25 degrees can lead to fatigue, pain and injury.* Loupes with poor working angles force clinicians to tilt their heads at dangerous angles. These loupes may be labeled as “ergonomic” because they help with lower back pain, but they can actually cause neck pain and injury. Many loupes from reputable companies cost a significant amount of money and provide the vision benefits without all the ergonomics that clinicians truly need.

SurgiTel believes that the best loupes should provide the best vision and the best ergonomics. The Ergo Max frame was designed to give clinicians customized loupes that provide excellent vision enhancement while still allowing them to achieve and maintain a safe and comfortable neck posture. Several key SurgiTel-patented technologies go into the loupes’ ergonomic performance. For example, the suspended magnification option allows the oculars to sit lower; as a result, clinicians can tilt their eyes down, instead of their necks, to look at their subjects. A greater eye-tilt angle, similar to when using bifocal glasses, means the neck can stay in a safe position.

To cover the “vision” part of SurgiTel’s “vision and ergonomics” promise, this loupe combination is designed to support all SurgiTel magnification levels, 2.5x to 8.0x. The 3.5x prismatic option provides a great balance between a generous depth of field and field of view, along with significant magnification power. This allows clinicians to work faster and easier with a greater level of accuracy and detail.

For more information, visit surgitel.com or contact a SurgiTel representative at surgitel.com/myrep.