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Visionstar TF-T5072

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Visionstar ENT, Ophthalmic & Sensory

Visionstar TF-T5072

Product Code: EOAS-OAVT-3365

Frames that stay on a child's face long enough to finish the test.

Refracting a child fails when the frame slides. The TF-T5072 curls its arms behind the ears, fits from 50 mm, and comes with spare nose pads.

Sections

Trial Lens Sets & Frames

Categories

ENT, Ophthalmic & Sensory

Condition

New

Origin

China

Seller Type

Certified Professional Seller

CE & ISO Certified

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Supplier: Medigear

The Visionstar TF-T5072 is a range of fixed-PD trial frames aimed at children. The published data gives a fixed interpupillary distance per frame across a twelve-step scale from 50 to 72 mm, three trial lenses per side, adjustable length, and a description of the frames as light and durable. The photographs show cable temples that curl behind the ear, frames in grey, blue and pink, separate silicone nose pads, and boxed sets of five.

Every one of those choices addresses the same problem. A child's refraction is limited by how long the frame stays where it was put, and a conventional straight-sided frame slides down a small nose and gets pushed, pulled or removed. Cable temples wrap the ear and hold the frame in place through fidgeting. Interchangeable nose pads let the bridge be matched to a face that has not yet developed an adult nose bridge. Adjustable length handles the range of head sizes between a toddler and a teenager. And the colours are not decoration: a child who chooses the pink or blue frame is a child more willing to wear it.

The 50 mm lower limit is the figure that matters. Most adult trial frames stop at 54 or 56 mm and cannot centre on a young child, so a decentred lens introduces prism precisely where accuracy is hardest to obtain.

Two things need clarifying. Three lens cells per side is one fewer than an adult frame, which limits how much of a prescription can be built at once. And the published "5 sets in one box" does not say which five of the twelve sizes are supplied together, or whether other combinations are available.

Paediatric refraction is the whole point. Children cannot be refracted in a phoropter, and an adult trial frame will neither centre on their eyes nor stay on their face, so a purpose-made frame is not a preference but a requirement.

Orthoptic clinics in hospital eye services see children continuously, and a full size range means the right frame is always to hand rather than approximated.

School and community screening benefits from fixed sizes and quick selection, since a screening session refracts many children against the clock.

Cycloplegic refraction keeps a child in the chair longer than a routine test, which is exactly when a frame that slides becomes the limiting factor.

Amblyopia management involves repeated visits and repeated refractions, so a frame a child tolerates makes each appointment shorter.

Community practices seeing NHS-funded sight tests for under-16s need paediatric provision, and a boxed range covers it without buying individual frames.

Very young children and infants may measure below 50 mm, and we confirm the range against your youngest patients.

Complex prescriptions needing four elements at once are limited by three cells, and an adjustable adult frame may be needed alongside for older children.

Stays on the face

Cable temples curl behind the ear, so the frame resists being pushed, pulled or shaken off.

Fits a child's bridge

Interchangeable nose pads match a face that has not yet developed an adult nose bridge.

Reaches 50 mm

A lower limit most adult frames cannot manage, which is what allows correct centration on a child.

One frame per head size

Adjustable length covers the span between a small child and a teenager.

Colours children choose

A frame a child picks is a frame a child will wear, and colour also identifies size at a glance.

Quick selection

Fixed sizes are chosen rather than set, which suits screening and busy clinics.

Built to be handled

Described as durable, which matters for equipment children hold, drop and pull at.

Supplied boxed

Frames return to a fixed place between patients.

Its limits stated plainly

Three cells rather than four, and an unspecified box composition, are both flagged here before ordering.

Twelve fixed PD sizes

50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70 and 72 mm, in 2 mm steps.

Cable temples

Arms that curl behind the ear to hold the frame in place.

Interchangeable nose pads

Separate silicone pads supplied, as shown in the photographs.

Adjustable temple length

Length adjusts to suit different head sizes.

Three lenses per side

Three cells each side accept lenses simultaneously, one fewer than a typical adult frame.

Colour options

Grey, blue and pink shown. Current range confirmed at quotation.

Boxed in fives

Supplied five to a box. Which five sizes, and whether combinations can be selected, confirmed at order.

Weight

Not published, though described as light. Figure obtained before supply.

Cell diameter

Not published. Confirmed against your trial lens set at order.

Frame material

Not specified. Confirmed at order.

Approved cleaning agents

Not published. Obtained before supply, including for the silicone pads.

Lower limit

50 mm; infants and very young children may measure below this.

The Visionstar TF-T5072 is a paediatric trial frame range, and every feature answers the same problem: keeping a frame on a child long enough to finish the refraction. Cable temples curl behind the ear, interchangeable pads fit an undeveloped bridge, the length adjusts across head sizes, and the scale reaches 50 mm, which most adult frames cannot. Colours help more than they look like they should, since a child who chooses the frame wears it. Three cells rather than four limits complex prescriptions, and the published "five sets in one box" does not say which five sizes arrive together. Medigear.uk settles that, along with cell diameter, weight and cleaning guidance. Contact the Medigear.uk team for pricing and box composition.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Because they stop the frame moving. A cable temple curls around the back of the ear rather than resting on top of it, so the frame resists being pushed up, pulled off or shaken loose. On a child who fidgets, that is the difference between a completed refraction and an abandoned one.

They let the bridge fit the face. Children have flatter, less developed nose bridges than adults, and a frame designed around an adult bridge sits too low or slides. Fitting a pad that matches the child keeps the optical centres where they should be.

Not stated, and it matters. The published data says five sets per box across a twelve-size scale without specifying which five. Medigear.uk establishes which sizes are supplied together, and whether a practice can select its own combination, before any order.

Smaller cells and a lighter frame leave less room. Three cells hold a sphere, a cylinder and one auxiliary lens, which covers most paediatric refraction, but a prescription needing sphere, cylinder, prism and an occluder together will not fit. Consider that against the cases you see.

Down to 50 mm, which is lower than most adult frames manage and suits many children from around school age. Very young children and infants may measure below that, so we confirm the range against your caseload.

Head size varies enormously between a four-year-old and a fifteen-year-old, so the same PD can sit on very different heads. Adjustable length lets one frame fit properly across that range rather than perching or gripping.

They serve two purposes. A child who picks a colour cooperates more readily than one handed a grey frame, and colour also distinguishes sizes at a glance in a busy clinic, which is how any fixed-PD set saves time.

Not published. Paediatric frames often take smaller lenses than the standard 38 mm, which matters if you intend to use your existing trial set. We confirm the cell diameter before you order.

Frames are handled constantly and end up in mouths more often than anyone admits. The manufacturer's approved cleaning agents are not published, and the silicone pads need separate attention. We obtain the guidance before supply.

Not published, though the data describes them as light. Weight matters more on a child than an adult, so we obtain the figure rather than accepting the adjective.

A trial frame is generally a Class I medical device under the UK Medical Devices Regulations 2002. Medigear.uk confirms CE marking, the declaration of conformity and UKCA status at quotation.

Check the cable temples have not been bent out of shape, since a distorted cable will not hold, and inspect the nose pads for splitting. Keep cells clear of lens debris and return frames to the box. Typical warranty is 12 months, confirmed at quotation.