Resources
Work out what you need before anyone quotes you.
Every guide below is written to help you make one specific decision. None of them are product brochures, and several of them will tell you to buy the cheaper instrument.
Choose a category
Start here when you know the clinical need but not the instrument.
- Tonometry comparisonIC200, IC100 and HOME2. Which one depends on how your patients sit, not on which is newest.
- Retinal imaging and OCT comparisonEIDON UWF, DRSplus, Optovue Solix and COMPASS. Where the fields overlap and where they do not.
- Visual field comparisonCOMPASS, MAIA and VF2000, framed around the patient who is hard to test rather than around the spec sheet.
- Volk lens guideField of view against magnification, and why most practices need three lenses rather than a full set.
Compare two products head to head
Use these when the shortlist is already down to a couple of names.
- EIDON vs Optos vs ClarusUltra-widefield platforms compared on field, color and capture workflow.
- COMPASS vs HFA vs OctopusFundus-guided perimetry against the two established bowl perimeters.
- Solix vs Maestro2 vs CIRRUSOCT platforms on engine speed, angiography and module scope.
- IC200 vs Tono-VeraRebound tonometry compared on positioning, drops and delegation.
- SurSight vs PROKERA vs AmnioGraftAmniotic membrane formats compared on storage, preparation and workflow, with every competitor row linked to the manufacturer's own insert.
Plan the practice
Longer-horizon decisions: what to buy first, what to delay, how to pay for it.
- Cold start equipment planningPhased equipment paths for a new practice, built around opening-day patient mix rather than a shopping list.
- Equipment financingHow the quote, application and install sequence actually runs. Whitecotton Vision is not a lender.
- Acuity Health front desk softwareWhat the vendor says the product does, and what to confirm with them before you sign.
- Frequently asked questionsTerritory, demos, service, trade-ins and what happens after the install.
Model the economics
Work from your own numbers. Nothing here is a promise of payment.
- OCT Break-EvenBreak-even and monthly net for an OCT purchase, from your own scan volume, your own contracted payment and your own equipment payment.
- Retinal Imaging Break-EvenBreak-even and monthly net for a fundus camera or ultra-widefield purchase, from your own imaging volume, contracted payment and equipment payment.
- VF2000 Staff Time & Room estimatorEstimate the technician hours and exam-room hours a wearable VR perimeter frees, from your own field volume and your own timings.
- Missed-Call estimatorEstimate how many business-hours calls your practice does not answer each month, and how many of them were appointment requests, from your own call counts.
- Amniotic membrane opportunityAn illustrative model for an office-based ocular-surface service line, anchored to published fee-schedule averages and heavily qualified.
Still not sure which question you are answering?
Describe the practice and the constraint (room, staffing, patient mix, budget) and Ryan will tell you which of these is worth your time, and which instrument he would not sell you.