Optical equipment available at the NRC
The NRC offers a wide range of optical equipment for training and clinic sessions:
Mainline Optical
Easy Unit with a HCP-7000 Huvitz Chart Projector, HDR-9000 Huvitz Digital refractor Head, HS-5000 Huvitz HS Style 40x Mag Slit Lamp and a JVL 2 Position Keratometer
Frost Optical
Combi unit with HS style slit-lamp, manual keratometer, auto phoroptor and chart projector
Birmingham Optical
Room 1
Frastema Karisma unit with Nidek RT Phoropter head, Keeler ZSL Digital slit-lamp and an Oculus Keratograph K5
Room 2
Frastema Special Simplicity unit with Nidek RT Phoropter head, Keeler Symphony Slit-lamp and a Takagi KM-I Keratometer
Room 3
Frastema Newline combi unit with Nidek RT phoropter head, Keeler Symphony Slit-lamp, CSO Javal 2 position keratometer
Room 4
Frastema special simplicity combi unit with Nidek RT phoropter head, Keeler Symphony Slit-lamp and a Takagi KM-I Keratometer
Nidek Retina scan Duo OCT
Nidek DS-20 VersaCam with camera lens
Essilor
4 rooms offering:
- 2 x Combi units OST 150
- 2 x Combi units OST 200
- APH400 and APH550 phoropters, SL450 and SL500 slit-lamps, ophthalmoscope / ret sets
- Auto Kerato-refractometer AKR750
- Non-contact tonometer ATNC 550
Further equipment
In all rooms there are:
- Trial lens sets with trial frames
- Ishihara 24 plate colour tests
- TNO Stereo tests
- Near vision fixation units
- Burton lamps
- Keeler digital T type tonometers
- 90D & 78D volk lenses
- Keeler specialist Ophthalmoscope/Prof streak ret set
In addition to the above we have various pieces of equipment for sight testing, contact lens fitting and dispensing including Shin Nippon RG100 Radiuscopes, stereo tests, colour tests, binocular confirmation tests, pupilometers and reading charts.