The rise of the master

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Ergonomics

For this trial we have decided to use the instrument in a practice setting for a number of reasons. One of the selling points of the OCT at Optrafair was its easy one-touch use and I was keen to garner views of its operation from a variety of members of practice staff. The first observation by many was the impressively small size of the unit, nothing far from a small autorefractor. Attached is a small, freely rotatable i-Pad-style screen, from which the machine may be operated from all angles (and in awkward spaces if needed). Simple touching of the correct icon may set the machine to either an OCT program mode (anterior, disc, macula) or to retinal photography mode. Having a retinal photography function combined with the OCT again makes for significant space saving, but at the time of going to print Topcon was still awaiting approval of the camera for diabetic screening.