Engineered once, deployable many times.
A mobile ophthalmology clinic trailer brings comprehensive eye care to populations underserved by fixed ophthalmology infrastructure — rural communities with long travel distances to eye clinics, school vision screening programmes, workforce vision health programmes, ageing-population cataract screening, and humanitarian missions addressing preventable blindness in refugee or conflict-affected populations. structmod mobile ophthalmology clinic trailers integrate examination lane, refraction workflow, fundus imaging, slit-lamp biomicroscopy and minor surgical capability into a single road-deployable unit serving 40-80 patients per clinical day.
The standard clinical workflow supports full ophthalmology examination: patient arrival and history taking, visual acuity assessment (distance and near), refraction (subjective and objective with autorefraction), intraocular pressure measurement (tonometry), slit-lamp examination of anterior segment, fundus examination with direct and indirect ophthalmoscopy or fundus camera imaging, and any indicated additional testing (visual fields, OCT where specified). Minor procedures — foreign body removal, chalazion incision, simple eyelid lesion removal — are supported in a treatment bay with appropriate sterilisation and sharps handling. Patient flow through the trailer keeps dilated patients in a subdued-lighting recovery area before discharge.
structmod mobile ophthalmology clinic trailers serve national eye health programmes (cataract screening and surgical referral pathways, trachoma elimination, diabetic retinopathy screening), NGO vision health projects (Orbis, Sightsavers, CBM-supported programmes), corporate occupational vision programmes, and private ophthalmology practices extending outreach. Lead time is 10-12 weeks from contract signature. Specialty equipment integration (OCT, corneal topography, specular microscopy) adds 2-4 weeks to the base timeline depending on equipment complexity.
Typical deployment sequence
- Hour 0 — trailer arrives on tow vehicle, positioned and chocked
- Hour 0–1 — stabilizer jacks deployed, leveling verified
- Hour 1–2 — hydraulic walls or slide-outs extended where fitted
- Hour 2–3 — utility connections (power, water, wastewater)
- Hour 3–4 — functional test per FAT protocol
- Hour 4 — operational handover with user training
Spec sheet — STR-3563
| Overall length | 12.3 m · 40.4 ft |
|---|---|
| Width (transport) | 2.99 m |
| Width (deployed) | 2.99 m |
| Height (transport) | 3.20 m |
| Floor area (deployed) | 36.8 m² |
| Dry weight | 17.3 t |
| Chassis | EN 10025 S355JR hot-rolled steel · EN 1090 EXC-2 |
| Welding quality | EN ISO 3834-3 |
| Envelope | Sandwich panel, PIR core 80 mm · λ ≈ 0.023 W/(m·K) |
| Fire resistance | EI-30 · tested to EN 13501-2 |
| Floor | Marine plywood on EPDM · R-10 slip rating |
| Electrical | 120/240 V · 60 Hz (US-spec) · IEC 60364 compliant |
| HVAC | Packaged rooftop · MERV-13 |
| Operating range | −25 °C to +50 °C ambient |
| Wind rating | Designed for 150 km/h basic wind (EN 1991-1-4) |
| Transport | ISO 668 footprint · CSC plate eligible (container variants) |
| Setup time | 5 hours · 2-person crew |
Full drawings, calculation notes, DoP, O&M manual and FAT report included with every unit. Specs indicative — configurable to project requirements.