Companies, phoroptor work, Summary for Virginia (USA), April 2005
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Optical Cleaning and Maintenance of Phoroptors
April 2005, By David L. Meinert, OD
I have identified 3 available methods for phoroptor servicing:
1. A local company, which comes to your practice to service the
phoroptor, either leaving a loaner phoroptor, or doing the work in the
exam room, on site. (Barber Optics or Harris McCarthy)
2. A company located far away, that once a year visits the Washington
DC area to service phoroptors. Typically they leave a loaner
phoroptor, they do the work close to the work site, then they return
the phoroptor to the original exam room. (Rauch Instruments, from
Maine.)
3. Sending your phoroptor to a servicing company (such as Lombart
Instruments). If you do not have a spare phoroptor to use in the
interim, you would first need to obtain a loaner phoroptor BEFORE
starting the servicing process.
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Barber Optics, Inc
8300 Guilford Road, Suite E
Columbia, MD 21046
Baltimore Line: (410) 995-6261
Washington Line: (301) 596-2406
Fax: (410) 381-4840
Email: barb...@erols.com
For the Reichert Ultramatic RxMaster phoroptor servicing, they charge
$270 each phoroptor, for basic optics cleaning and internal cleaning
of the phoroptor body, by disassembly. Parts are extra, AND if it
needs any additional work, repairs are billed at $90 per hour.
Typically they prefer to do the phoroptor work on-site. (Apparently
doing the work in the exam room where the phoroptor is typically
located.) However, they apparently also have loaner phoroptors, which
they can leave while doing the phoroptor work elsewhere.
From 1989 to 1998, Barber Optics did this method at Kaiser Permanente,
where they would find a date that few of the exam rooms were in use.
A service person would arrive, do the optics cleaning in the exam
room, while the phoroptor was still on the stand.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
Michael J. McCarthy
8713 Monumental Mills Rd
Rixeyville, VA 22737
(540) 937 – 5628
(This the “Harris McCarthy” business– He is located west of the
Manassas area)
He is now a business of “one” person. He formerly had a partner
(Harris), who passed away.
For the Reichert Ultramatic RxMaster phoroptor servicing, he charges
$250 each phoroptor, for basic optics cleaning and internal cleaning
of the phoroptor body. Parts are extra, AND if it needs any
additional work, such as, if the JCC starts shifting the axis around
when you rotate the JCC, or other problems, he will call back to
explain, and to explain what the additional work is. The doctor might
still want just the basic optics work, or could then decide for any
additional work (and additional charges).
He also described how he does a lot of other equipment servicing, but
not the new autorefractors or auto NCTs Typically work on those
devices involve circuit boards, and must be done by the manufacturer.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Rauch Instrument Company
41 Bridge Street
Belfast, Maine 04915
(207) 338-3880
I spoke with Jeff Rauch, who has been doing this work for over 20
years. He comes to Northern Virginia (Herndon, Sterling, Ashburn, and
Leesburg) once a year, where he does some doctor offices. His current
charge is $185 per phoroptor. He disassembles the phoroptor for
internal cleaning and servicing, and typically does a lot of the
optics cleaning while the phoroptor is disassembled. Parts or any
additionally needed repairs are extra.
Typically he leaves a loaner phoroptor, does the work close by, and
returns the phoroptor back to the practice.
He said that he might NOT be interested in work closer to Washington,
DC, due to all the traffic.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Lombart Instruments; 1-800-LOMBART; 5358 Robin Hood Rd; Norfolk, VA
23513
(The last time I verified their prices was around 2003)
This company does NOT do site visits. You send them the phoroptor,
they disassemble the phoroptor, service it, clean the optics, and then
send it back to you.
The service cost is $245. (Parts are additional) You are responsible
for the cost of round trip shipping. If you need a loaner phoroptor,
the typical cost is $50 for one loaner. If you had several phoroptors
to be serviced, you could obtain one loaner phoroptor. Then you ship
one phoroptor at a time to Lombart. When the phoroptor returns, send
the next phoroptor, and so on until done. Then ship back the loaner
phoroptor.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
As of March 2010:
For the adventurous, mechanically inclined, “do-it-yourself”
optometrist, I have placed some documents about phoroptors maintenance
on the following website.
http://groups.google.com/group/phoroptormaintenance
April 2005, By David L. Meinert, OD
I have identified 3 available methods for phoroptor servicing:
1. A local company, which comes to your practice to service the
phoroptor, either leaving a loaner phoroptor, or doing the work in the
exam room, on site. (Barber Optics or Harris McCarthy)
2. A company located far away, that once a year visits the Washington
DC area to service phoroptors. Typically they leave a loaner
phoroptor, they do the work close to the work site, then they return
the phoroptor to the original exam room. (Rauch Instruments, from
Maine.)
3. Sending your phoroptor to a servicing company (such as Lombart
Instruments). If you do not have a spare phoroptor to use in the
interim, you would first need to obtain a loaner phoroptor BEFORE
starting the servicing process.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
Barber Optics, Inc
8300 Guilford Road, Suite E
Columbia, MD 21046
Baltimore Line: (410) 995-6261
Washington Line: (301) 596-2406
Fax: (410) 381-4840
Email: barb...@erols.com
For the Reichert Ultramatic RxMaster phoroptor servicing, they charge
$270 each phoroptor, for basic optics cleaning and internal cleaning
of the phoroptor body, by disassembly. Parts are extra, AND if it
needs any additional work, repairs are billed at $90 per hour.
Typically they prefer to do the phoroptor work on-site. (Apparently
doing the work in the exam room where the phoroptor is typically
located.) However, they apparently also have loaner phoroptors, which
they can leave while doing the phoroptor work elsewhere.
From 1989 to 1998, Barber Optics did this method at Kaiser Permanente,
where they would find a date that few of the exam rooms were in use.
A service person would arrive, do the optics cleaning in the exam
room, while the phoroptor was still on the stand.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
Michael J. McCarthy
8713 Monumental Mills Rd
Rixeyville, VA 22737
(540) 937 – 5628
(This the “Harris McCarthy” business– He is located west of the
Manassas area)
He is now a business of “one” person. He formerly had a partner
(Harris), who passed away.
For the Reichert Ultramatic RxMaster phoroptor servicing, he charges
$250 each phoroptor, for basic optics cleaning and internal cleaning
of the phoroptor body. Parts are extra, AND if it needs any
additional work, such as, if the JCC starts shifting the axis around
when you rotate the JCC, or other problems, he will call back to
explain, and to explain what the additional work is. The doctor might
still want just the basic optics work, or could then decide for any
additional work (and additional charges).
He also described how he does a lot of other equipment servicing, but
not the new autorefractors or auto NCTs Typically work on those
devices involve circuit boards, and must be done by the manufacturer.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Rauch Instrument Company
41 Bridge Street
Belfast, Maine 04915
(207) 338-3880
I spoke with Jeff Rauch, who has been doing this work for over 20
years. He comes to Northern Virginia (Herndon, Sterling, Ashburn, and
Leesburg) once a year, where he does some doctor offices. His current
charge is $185 per phoroptor. He disassembles the phoroptor for
internal cleaning and servicing, and typically does a lot of the
optics cleaning while the phoroptor is disassembled. Parts or any
additionally needed repairs are extra.
Typically he leaves a loaner phoroptor, does the work close by, and
returns the phoroptor back to the practice.
He said that he might NOT be interested in work closer to Washington,
DC, due to all the traffic.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Lombart Instruments; 1-800-LOMBART; 5358 Robin Hood Rd; Norfolk, VA
23513
(The last time I verified their prices was around 2003)
This company does NOT do site visits. You send them the phoroptor,
they disassemble the phoroptor, service it, clean the optics, and then
send it back to you.
The service cost is $245. (Parts are additional) You are responsible
for the cost of round trip shipping. If you need a loaner phoroptor,
the typical cost is $50 for one loaner. If you had several phoroptors
to be serviced, you could obtain one loaner phoroptor. Then you ship
one phoroptor at a time to Lombart. When the phoroptor returns, send
the next phoroptor, and so on until done. Then ship back the loaner
phoroptor.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
As of March 2010:
For the adventurous, mechanically inclined, “do-it-yourself”
optometrist, I have placed some documents about phoroptors maintenance
on the following website.
http://groups.google.com/group/phoroptormaintenance
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