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Visionstar C-288

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Visionstar C-288

Product Code: EOAS-OD-3013

Twelve hundred millimetres of worktop, two columns, and nothing in between but legroom.

Most instrument tables stand on a single central column, right where a wheelchair user's knees need to go. The C-288 lifts a 1200 × 450 mm curved worktop through 400 mm on twin end columns, leaving the middle open for knees and footplates.

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ENT, Ophthalmic & Sensory

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China

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Supplier: Medigear

The Visionstar C-288 is a motorised instrument table built on a different principle from single-column designs. Its 1200 × 450 mm worktop is carried on two lifting columns, one at each end, standing on floor feet that run front to back. The space between the columns is open, so a seated patient's knees, and a wheelchair's footplates, can move under the top rather than meeting a central column. The datasheet gives 400 mm of powered travel, a 100 mm overall worktop depth, a 110 V or 220 V supply at 60/50 Hz, and a weight of 65 kg.

Two practical consequences follow. The first is access. Twin-lift tables are an established format for wheelchair-accessible eye examination because they let the patient stay in their own chair while the instruments come to them. The second is capacity. At 1200 mm, the worktop has room for more than one tabletop instrument, such as an autorefractor alongside a non-contact tonometer or lensmeter, depending on footprints.

The worktop is curved in plan, as both the photograph and the line drawing show. A keypad with a small display sits beneath the front edge in the photograph, and we confirm its functions, including any memory positions, at order.

Several figures that decide suitability are unpublished: the lowest and highest heights, the clear width between the columns, the maximum loading, power consumption, and whether the feet carry castors or levelling pads. For a wheelchair-accessible position, the height and under-top clearance matter most, and each is confirmed in writing before ordering.

UK orders take the 220 V/50 Hz configuration, with 230 V rating, plug and fusing confirmed. Medigear.uk supplies the C-288 with pre-despatch functional inspection and documentation review.

Accessible examination and pre-test positions are the natural home. Under the Equality Act 2010, service providers must make reasonable adjustments so that disabled people are not put at a substantial disadvantage. For many practices, an instrument position a wheelchair user can reach without transferring is one of the most practical adjustments available. Twin-column tables are an established way to provide it, because nothing stands beneath the centre of the top. Confirm the height range and clear width against the wheelchairs your patients use before relying on it.

Multi-instrument pre-test stations benefit from the 1200 mm worktop. An autorefractor and a non-contact tonometer, or a keratometer and lensmeter, can share one top, so an assistant moves the patient along a single station rather than between tables. Confirm the loading for your combined setup.

Hospital eye service outpatient clinics see many patients who arrive in wheelchairs or who find transfers difficult, including older patients and those recovering from surgery. A position that lets them stay seated shortens the appointment and reduces handling.

Care home residents and patients with reduced mobility visiting community practices gain the same benefit, consistent with the GOC's requirement that registrants treat patients fairly and without discrimination.

Slit lamp positions can use the wide top for a slit lamp alongside an imaging unit or tonometry accessories, with the twin columns giving a broad base beneath.

Paediatric clinics can seat a child in a buggy or supportive seating beneath the top, subject to confirming the lowest height.

Practices planning a single accessible room should weigh the 1200 mm width and 65 kg weight. This is a fixed station rather than a table moved daily, and it needs its space planned.

Open centre for knees and footplates

With columns at each end and nothing beneath the middle, a seated patient or wheelchair can move under the top.

Patients stay in their own chair

Removing the transfer saves time, reduces handling risk and preserves dignity for patients who find moving difficult.

Supports reasonable adjustments

An accessible instrument position helps practices meet Equality Act 2010 duties to disabled patients in a concrete, visible way.

Room for more than one instrument

A 1200 × 450 mm worktop lets two instruments share a single station, subject to confirmed loading.

400 mm of powered travel

A long stroke gives a broad height range for patients seated in different chairs, with limits confirmed at order.

Keypad at the front edge

A control panel with display sits beneath the front of the worktop, within the operator's reach.

A broad, stable stance

Twin columns on long feet spread the load across the full width of the table, giving a wide base beneath the instruments.

Curved worktop

The curved top can bring instruments closer to a centrally seated patient or ease the clinician's reach along the working side.

Gaps named, not hidden

Height range, clear width, loading, power, castors and keypad functions are identified here and confirmed at quotation, so accessibility claims rest on figures, not assumptions.

1200 × 450 × 100 mm worktop

A long, curved worktop with 100 mm overall depth provides space for multiple instruments.

Twin lifting columns

Two columns, one at each end, carry and lift the worktop.

400 mm powered travel

The datasheet gives 400 mm of movement. The lowest and highest heights are confirmed at order.

Open centre

No column stands beneath the middle of the worktop, leaving space for knees and wheelchairs.

Front-to-back floor feet

Long feet at each end keep the floor between the columns clear.

Front keypad with display

A control panel beneath the front edge operates the lift. Functions are confirmed at order.

Curved plan

The worktop is curved in plan, as shown in the photograph and line drawing.

Dual-voltage supply

The datasheet lists AC 110 V or 220 V at 60/50 Hz. UK orders take the 220 V/50 Hz configuration.

65 kg weight

The published weight means the table needs two people to deliver and assemble.

Castors or levelling pads

The line drawing shows small circles at the foot ends. Whether they are castors or pads is confirmed at order.

Column synchronisation

The method keeping both columns level is not described and is confirmed at order.

Maximum loading

Not published. Confirmed in writing at quotation.

The Visionstar C-288 carries a 1200 × 450 mm curved worktop on twin end columns, with 400 mm of powered travel and an open centre that lets a wheelchair roll beneath the instruments. That makes it a strong candidate for UK practices and hospital clinics building an accessible examination or pre-test position, and a practical multi-instrument station besides. The figures that decide accessibility are unpublished: the height range, the clear width between the columns and the loading. Castors, keypad functions and power consumption are also unstated. Medigear.uk confirms each in writing at quotation, alongside UK voltage and CE and UKCA documentation. Contact the Medigear.uk team for pricing, room planning advice or accessible-position configuration.

FAQ

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Everything buyers need to know about sourcing medical equipment through MediGear.

Its layout is the right kind. With columns at each end and an open centre, a wheelchair can roll under the top instead of meeting a central column. Whether it works for your patients depends on two unpublished figures: the height the top reaches, and the clear width between the columns. We confirm both, and recommend checking them against the wheelchairs your patients typically use, including armrest height and footplate position.

The datasheet gives 400 mm of powered travel but not the lowest and highest positions. The worktop's stated depth of 100 mm suggests the underside sits roughly 100 mm below the top surface, which matters when a wheelchair's armrests need to pass beneath. We confirm the full height range in writing before you order.

At 1200 × 450 mm, the worktop has room for two tabletop instruments in most combinations, and possibly three compact ones. Examples include an autorefractor with a non-contact tonometer, or a slit lamp with space for an imaging unit. The maximum loading is not published, so we confirm it against the combined weight of your intended setup.

It is not stated on the datasheet. Twin-column frames generally carry more than single-column tables, but a figure matters when several instruments share one top, so we confirm the rated loading in writing at quotation.

The photograph shows flat floor feet running front to back at each end. The line drawing shows small circles at the foot ends, which could be castors or levelling pads. We confirm which at order. A static base suits a fixed accessible position, while castors would allow repositioning, preferably with brakes.

A keypad with a small display is visible beneath the front edge of the worktop. It is likely to provide up and down control and may offer memory positions, but the datasheet does not describe its functions. We confirm the controls, and whether it can store a wheelchair height and a standard seated height.

The top is curved in plan, as the photograph and drawing show. A curved edge can bring instruments at either end closer to a patient seated at the centre, or give the clinician a comfortable reach along the working side. Which edge faces the patient is a layout decision, and we can talk it through against your room.

A twin-column table needs both columns to move together to keep the top level, and that is normally handled by a controller driving both motors. The datasheet does not describe the arrangement. We confirm it, together with advice on balancing instrument weight across the top.

The datasheet gives AC 110 V or 220 V at 60/50 Hz. UK orders take the 220 V/50 Hz configuration, with its 230 V rating, plug and fuse confirmed before despatch. Power consumption and any instrument outlets are not stated, so plan for the instruments' own leads unless we confirm otherwise.

At 65 kg, the C-288 needs two people to deliver and assemble. Check access for a 1200 mm worktop through doors and around corners, and allow about 1.3 m of clear width where it will stand. Floor loading is not a concern at this weight on a normal floor.

A motorised instrument table used in eye examination is generally classified as Class I under the UK Medical Devices Regulations 2002, or higher, use-dependent. The datasheet does not show CE marking. Medigear.uk confirms CE marking, the declaration of conformity and current UKCA status at quotation, rather than asserting them in advance.

Wipe the worktop with an approved agent, run both columns through their full travel periodically, and check that the top stays level. A top that tilts suggests the columns have fallen out of step. Inspect leads and the keypad for wear. Typical warranty is 12 to 24 months against manufacturing defect, confirmed at quotation.