Topcon Introduces Tempo Perimeter at AAO 2023
Topcon announced that it is launching the Tempo Perimeter at the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) meeting in San Francisco.
Tempo is designed to provides fast, accurate, and comfortable visual field testing, according to Topcon. It is 39% faster than Standard Automated Perimetry (SAP)¹ in clinical testing and functions in ambient light, and performance is equivalent with excellent repeatability.²
The Tempo's binocular approach is designed to make testing faster and more fluid for patients, which results in effective testing from screening through advanced glaucoma–without compromising accuracy, the company stated, and the device reduces fatigue for patients and operators.
“Tempo accelerates the visual field experience, with quality results delivered with deliberation,” Greg Hoffmeyer, Product Marketing Director–Glaucoma, said in a company news release. “Tempo is just one of many Topcon products engineered to perform this way–answering the workflow needs of modern eye care.”
Tempo has a random binocular feature which “can test the right and left eyes separately, but also can randomly present the test object to either eye in a nonocclusion manner without the examinee being aware of which eye is being tested” (Nishida et al., 2022, p. 86). Because patients “do not recognize in which eye the stimulus is presented, it has been reported that this test method may be useful in the evaluation of functional VF loss, such as malingering or psychological disorders, which have been challenging to evaluate objectively” (Nishida et al., 2022, p. 91).¹
Tempo can be connected to Topcon’s Harmony image and data management solution, allowing users to view OCT, fundus photography, and perimetry data on a single screen. Harmony’s DICOM Modality Worklist functionality eliminates redundant patient data entry, transcription errors, and duplicates.
To learn more, stop by AAO Booth #5639 for a live demo or join Topcon for the unveiling ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 4. For more information, visit tphc.io/tempo.
References
1. Nishida T, Eslani M, Weinreb RN, Arias J, Vasile C, Mohammadzadeh V, Moghimi S. Perimetric Comparison Between the IMOvifa (TEMPO) and Humphrey Field Analyzer. J Glaucoma. 2023 Feb 1;32(2):85-92. doi: 10.1097/IJG.0000000000002134. Epub 2022 Oct 7. PMID: 36223309.
2. M Tafreshi, J Menou, D Kasanoff, M Durbin, NW El-Nimri, K Cieslinski; Repeatability of visual fields taken with the IMOvifa (TEMPO) perimeter. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2023;64(8):5505.