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The Brown Interchangeable Lid Speculum set comes with a sterilization tray.

The Brown Interchangeable Lid Speculum lets you -- for the first time -- tailor a speculum to the patient, according to Rhein Medical.

The Brown Interchangeable Lid Speculum includes seven blade configurations and two speculum bodies, one with wire, the other with an actuating mechanism. Four of the seven blades are solid, three are fenestrated. You can place the blades onto the speculum bodies in either the temporal or nasal position simply by flipping the speculum upside-down.

Rhein Medical
Phone: (800) 637-4346
Fax: (813) 885-9346
E-mail: info@rheinmedical.com
Web: www.rheinmedical.com

FINANCING GUIDE
U.S. Medical Funding has created a guide for eyecare professionals called "6 Ways to Build Your Practice for Increased Earnings and Greater Satisfaction." This guide details the benefits you can achieve with smart financing, wise planning and expert help.

The guide is free.
U.S. Medical Funding
Phone: (800) 683-0608
E-mail: loan@usmedicalfunding.com
Web: www.usmedicalfunding.com

Eschenbach's LED assortment includes magnifiers that range from 7.60D to 28.00D.

LED TRAY
Eschenbach has developed a tray assortment of light-emitting diode (LED) products. The LED assortment includes three handheld magnifiers and three stand magnifiers. Eschenbach says that when compared to incandescent or halogen illumination, LED is advantageous because the bulbs have nearly unlimited life and their batteries can last up to 10 times longer.

In other company news, Eschenbach has added fall dates to "Low Vision Care . . . What's It All About?," an introductory, hands-on workshop and lecture that's approved for three continuing education credits by the American Board of Opticianry (ABO) and the Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology (JCAHPO). Dates and locations include:

• Oct. 16: Albuquerque, N.M.; Al-lentown, Pa.; and Baltimore
• Oct. 23: Houston
• Oct. 30: Des Plaines, Ill. and Ath-ens, Ga.
• Nov. 5: Ft. Myers, Fla.
• Nov. 6: Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. and Phoenix, Ariz.
• Nov. 20: Naperville, Ill. and San Antonio, Texas

Eschenbach
Phone: (800) 487-5389
E-mail: info@eschenbach.com
Web: www.eschenbach.com

FOUR FOR ONE
Refractive Dynamics is the exclusive North American distributor of the PowerRef II by PlusOptix.

The PowerRef II is four machines in one. It's a simultaneous bilateral autorefractor, a simultaneous bilateral pupilometer, a dynamic bilateral accommodation-measuring device and a pupillary-distance-and-gaze-deviation measuring device.

Using eye-tracking technology, the PowerRef II captures images in seconds from 1 meter away. You can record exams in live video format.

Refractive Dynamics
Phone: (215) 740-2489
E-mail: d.redfield@verizon.net
Web: www.plusoptix.de

The Akahoshi Acrylic IOL Loading Forceps feature a laser line to measure the placement of the lens.

IOL FORCEPS
The American Surgical Instruments Corporation (ASICO) now offers the Akahoshi Acrylic IOL Loading Forceps.

ASICO believes the Akahoshi Loading Forceps is an ideal instrument to set a single-piece AcrySof in an injector like the Monarch.

You can also use the Akahoshi Loading Forceps when you're working with conventional three-piece AcrySof lenses, as long you implant the lenses with an injector. In that instance, ASICO suggests you use its Royale Unihand Injector Handpiece.

ASICO
Phone: (800) 628-2879
Web: www.asico.com

The Dry Eye Management System includes punctum plugs and marketing material.

DRY EYE KIT
Surgical Specialties has added the Dry Eye Management System to its UltraPlug Punctum Plug line.

The Dry Eye Management System is essentially a "starter kit." It contains 10 boxes of Silicone punctal plugs, 1 box of the company's Collagen Variety Pack, 1 box of Zone Quick and 1 box of the UltraPlug Punctal Gauge/Dilator Set.

The kit also contains marketing material: An UltraPlug video, an UltraPlug poster, an acrylic display with 50 patient pamphlets and a CD. The CD features Medicare reimbursement information as well as promotional material including press releases and ad templates. Surgical Specialties believes this promotional material will help you promote your yourself as the "dry eye specialist" in your area.

Surgical Specialties
Phone: (800) 523-3332
Web: www.surgicalspecialties.com

OPTOMAP TEST DRIVE
Optos offers U-revu Intro, a CD that allows you to view Optomap Retinal Images from remote locations. U-revu Intro is a preview of the full U-revu Program, which will be available later this year.

U-revu Intro allows you to quickly and simply review images as if you were at the point of care. U-revu Intro lets you:

• read image files, whether they're bitmap, jpeg or tiff
• view the image as red laser channels, green laser channels, a combined color image or view all three in "split mode"
• select a region in an image by zooming and panning, or direct select using the mouse
• optimize the image by adjusting the contrast, brightness and gamma correction
• view comments that other eyecare professionals have added to the images.

The full U-revu Program will feature the option of printing out the Optomap images.

Optos
Phone: (800) 854-3039x100
E-mail: info@optos.com
Web: www.optos.com

The GDx VCC's color map offers improved display resolution for clearer and simpler exam interpretations, says an LDT spokesperson.

GDx ADDITION
Laser Diagnostic Technologies (LDT) presents the GDx VCC, a glaucoma-detection device that uses scanning laser polarimetry to asses the health, structure and thickness of the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL).

LDT believes the GDx VCC gives you numerous advantages, such as providing a diagnostic impression in a single exam. Also, the GDx VCC has Variable Corneal Compensation, which virtually eliminates corneal interference. And the instrument provides essential diagnostic information via its normative database and glaucoma-trained neural network.

The GDx VCC will be on display at the LDT booth (#459) at the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting this month in Orlando.

LDT
Phone: (800) 722-6393
E-mail: ldt@laserdiagnostic.com
Web: www.laserdiagnostic.com

CHOPPERS
Katena offers two irrigating nucleus choppers.

The MicroFinger Irrigating Nucleus Chopper features a curved, finger-shaped tip with a defined inner edge for chopping the nucleus and manipulating nuclear fragments.

The Rosen Irrigating Nucleus Chopper features a 1.1-mm wedge-shaped tip to split the nucleus and a blunt distal end to avoid damage to the posterior capsule.

Both choppers have two 0.6-mm side ports at the tip, which helps maintain the anterior chamber.

Katena
Phone: (800) 225-1195
E-mail: globe@katena.com
Web: www.katena.com

The Microfinger Irrigating Nucleus Chopper (left) and the Rosen Irrigating Nucleus Chopper (right) are both 20-gauge, which prevents leakage by sealing the paracentesis.

GAME FACE
CooperVision has expanded its NFL Crazy Lenses. The line now includes all 32 NFL teams.

The lenses mask a patient's iris with his favorite team's logo. They're available in 0.50D steps from plano to -4.00D. Your patients can reuse the lenses multiple times.

CooperVision expects the lenses to retail between $69 and $99.

CooperVision
Phone: (800) 341-2020
E-mail: info@coopervision.com
Web: www.coopervision.com