phaco-equipment

2 Rooms For Cataracts, Now!

Elevate Your Cataract Surgery Potential. It’s 2022. Cataract surgery numbers are headed for all-time highs in the United States. Baby boomers are in range (some already needing the surgery, but millions more on the horizon). At the same time, Ophthalmology as a specialty isn’t growing at the same rate as the population’s needs. Projections indicate …

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Choose Centurion, Stellaris, or Veritas

Centurion, Stellaris, or Veritas? You Choose!

Start using the platform you prefer today at $0 capital. Using the equipment that you prefer makes you a better surgeon. Using outdated and old technology (because there is no other option available) can affect your surgical efficiency and may also impact your patient outcomes. Today’s leading phaco technology systems boast massive upgrades in Phacodynamics, …

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Goodbye Alcon Infiniti

Saying Goodbye to the Alcon Infiniti

Upgrading from the Alcon Infiniti is seamless and capital expense-free with Surgical Direct Recently, Alcon officially announced via customer letters their plans to phase out the production of parts, tubing packs, and supplies that support their 20 year old phaco platform, the Alcon Infiniti Vision System. The Alcon Infiniti has proven to be a dependable …

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Phaco Repairs

Stop Dealing with Phaco Repairs

As an OR administrator, whether in a hospital or ASC setting, keeping your facility’s functional operations (admin, supply chain, and required surgical equipment) running smoothly is a high priority. Smooth operations equate to better patient care, and efficient surgeries mean happier patients and doctors. Better care and satisfied surgeons keep your OR busy and healthy, …

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Not All Mobile Cataract Services Are Created Equal

As a service provider in today’s economy, it’s crucially important to find and nurture the “lasting impact attributes” (or the key differentiation practices) that stick with a client and build lasting trust. In truth, it goes way beyond the service itself. We have all experienced (to some degree) a service or product that talked the …

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6 Things to Consider Before Buying or Upgrading Phaco Machines & Microscopes

Purchasing medical equipment is a big decision with a large amount of weight for admin staff. Cost, long-term reliability, and ROI are just a few initial details to be considered. However, we believe there are more corners in the room that need to be scanned before making your final decision. If you are in the …

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Alcon Centurion VS B&L Stellaris Elite

Today, we wanted to do a quick comparison on two of the highest-rated phaco machines in today’s market, Alcon Centurion vs B&L Stellaris Elite. Phacoemulsification platforms are highly advanced pieces of medical equipment. Ultrasonic phacoemulsification was first introduced in the 60s, but it wasn’t until the 80s that it caught on as the primary method of …

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The Growing Need for Cataract Instruments

The Situation with Sterilization. Surgical procedures, in general, require a lot of instrumentation to be sterilized in preparation for surgery. Like all specialties in surgery, ophthalmology requires very specific instrumentation. When we are talking about ‘cataract instruments’, we are talking about the ophthalmic instruments (cataract tray), the phaco handpiece, and IOL insertion devices. One notable …

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