Unlike any other, Ovation pipettes were designed with user comfort and health in mind. Ergonomics is a Science, not a slogan. “I did my whole Ph.D. with “normal” pipets, resulting in greater and greater levels of wrist pain over the course of 5 years. By my second year of postdoc, it was bad enough that I would procrastinate experiments that involved pipetting…” – Daniel Dickinson, Ph D, University of Texas at Austin Read more about the Ovation pipettes that Dr. Dickinson switched to that helped him avoid giving up experimental…
Repetitive Strain Injury in the Laboratory
Repetitive stress injury (RSI) is a common occurrence in laboratories, and is closely related to the ergonomics of operating instrumentation and equipment, and conducting simple but repetitive laboratory processes. Types and extents of injury vary, for example neck or back pain from sitting or bending a certain way for long periods.
Identifying pipette design factors to reduce ergonomic risk
In 2001, a project to identify the underlying factors contributing to the development of ergonomic injuries to pipetters and to reduce the factors attributed to the design of the pipette was undertaken by VistaLab Technologies. Download study summary now An evaluation of the ergonomic pipette design at the time revealed that each of the major manufacturers produced an axial grip pipette. However, the ergonomic focus appeared to be limited to the plunger effort levels and grip contouring. Unfortunately, all of the axial design pipettes failed to address the fundamental issue of…
Pipette Forces – Facts and Fiction
Force, simply defined, is the energy required to accomplish a task and there’s a lot more to pipette forces than meets the eye (or in reality, the thumb). In fact, aspirating and dispensing is only one function of pipetting that requires the use of the thumb muscles. Tip acquisition and ejection usually requires excessive forces that contribute significantly to muscle fatigue. A strong interrelationship also exists between posture and force – the need for additional exertion increases as posture deviates from neutral positions. Therefore, when considering forces while choosing a…
Ergonomics is a science, not a slogan.
At VistaLab Technologies, we take the science of ergonomics quite seriously. We spent years working with ergonomic experts to study the physiological dynamic of pipetting and the root causes behind injury. It was clear that simply decreasing button pressure or changing a grip wouldn’t make a pipette ergonomic – an entirely new type of device needed to be designed in order to truly minimize the risk factors so common with traditional pipettes. When selecting the best pipette, start by looking at the facts. Ovation is a whole new class of…
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