The Epley Omniax

The Epley Omniax System is a software-guided patient positioning system designed to accurately diagnose and effectively treat disorders known as benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). In any year an estimated 15 million Americans suffer from vestibular (inner ear) vertigo, often with debilitating symptoms. The Epley Omniax System offers hope for the chronically dizzy by providing a means to accurately diagnose and treat the causes of positional vertigo.

Invented by Dr. John Epley (developer of the now-common “Epley Maneuver” for treating BPPV) the Omniax System derives its name from the 360-degree multi-axial positioning it provides. The software-driven positioning system uses infrared goggles to assist in analyzing abnormal eye movement patterns that are associated with the shifting of loose particles in the inner-ear canals that cause BPPV. The Omniax System is unique in that provides the ability to rotate patients in virtually any position, including a 360-degree flip.

The Omniax System is the first device to offer precise nystagmus-based evaluation. It provides unmatched ability to detect, differentiate, treat and manage balance and dizziness disorders. Until now, BPPV diagnosis and treatment has involved a significant amount of educated guesswork and, if it is BPPV, manual maneuvers which tend to be both difficult to accomplish and imprecise. When BPPV is diagnosed, the current standard of care is to perform the Epley Maneuver manually.

Epley explains that balance disorders often involve loose particles in more than one inner ear canal or particles in a canal other than the posterior canal. Occasionally the problem is caused by some other issue such as damage to the brain or a problem elsewhere in the ear. Too often, if the Epley Maneuver doesn’t solve the problem, patients are told there is nothing that can be done and they need to learn to live with it.

With the Omniax System, a physician can now rule in or out various causes of vestibular vertigo and if it is determined that the cause is particles in the inner ear canal, the Omniax System provides a means to more easily and more effectively treat it. The Omniax System provides both diagnostic and treatment capabilities and its multi-axial rotational capability allows for more comprehensive treatment where manual maneuvers are problematic, such as when the patient is frail, obese, or disabled. The Omniax allows patients to be suspended in secure positions on a 360-degree axis. This allows ease and safety of movement, as well as more accurate diagnoses than traditional methods.