my vet told me to pass this info on -
i'm an optometrist and i have a recommendation for you on ophthalmoscopes if you are in the market to purchase one - the welsch allyn panoptic. i tried it out on my dog and got a much better view than with my regular direct ophtalmoscope. i then brought it to my vet (i have a good relationship with him - he literally saved my dog's life) and let him try it out for a week - he loves it. just some info for you docs.

my vet told me to pass this info on -
i'm an optometrist and i have a recommendation for you on ophthalmoscopes if you are in the market to purchase one - the welsch allyn panoptic. i tried it out on my dog and got a much better view than with my regular direct ophtalmoscope. i then brought it to my vet (i have a good relationship with him - he literally saved my dog's life) and let him try it out for a week - he loves it. just some info for you docs.

are you on welsch allyn's payroll???

my vet told me to pass this info on -
i'm an optometrist and i have a recommendation for you on ophthalmoscopes if you are in the market to purchase one - the welsch allyn panoptic. i tried it out on my dog and got a much better view than with my regular direct ophtalmoscope. i then brought it to my vet (i have a good relationship with him - he literally saved my dog's life) and let him try it out for a week - he loves it. just some info for you docs.


How do you get them to tolerate having the scope directly making contact with their periorbital region?

How do you get them to tolerate having the scope directly making contact with their periorbital region?
I do not make direct contact of the ophthalmoscope with the periorbital region...Is that done in humans?

it is done with the panoptic type (which is indirect ophthalmoscopy), but you can get a view without completely touching. but not with the traditional type ophthalmoscope (direct ophthalmoscopy)

are you on welsch allyn's payroll???

im the CEO of welsch allyn. no, i just figured since the vet i know was so excited about this i should pass it on. i didnt know he had the need to use an ophthalmoscope so much, but apparantly he does. keeler makes a nice unit. i also get commision from them. so make sure you buy welsch allyn or keeler :D

it is done with the panoptic type (which is indirect ophthalmoscopy), but you can get a view without completely touching. but not with the traditional type ophthalmoscope (direct ophthalmoscopy)
Interesting. I do not touch the periorbital region doing either indirect or direct, never have seen it done that way on animals. I also have never gone to an ophthalmologist(human) so I did not know what they did.

Just in case anyone else hasn't seen it, this is what is being talked about:
http://panoptic.welchallyn.com/

I do not think doing this to a dog would be hard at all, but I do not think it would go over with a cat.........

I do not think doing this to a dog would be hard at all, but I do not think it would go over with a cat.........

its even difficult on some uncooperative humans...

I was actually recommended against this one in vet school.....

I was actually recommended against this one in vet school.....
:laugh: Maybe that is why I have never seen anything like it before.....