Low Vision
Handheld Electronic Reader
A handheld electronic reader from the National Federation of the Blind and Kurzweil Educational Systems Inc., allows low-vision patients to hear the contents of letters, bills, restaurant menus, office memos and more via digital camera text-to-speech conversion technology. The reader also contains a headphone jack so that users do not have to feel self-conscious about the device or disturb others.
The reader is the result of a partnership between the National Federation of the Blind and Kurzweil Educational Systems Inc. Call 1-800-894-5374, or go to www.kurzweiledu.com.
Exam Equipment
Industrial Vision Screening Kit
The Vision Industrial Screening Kit, from Gulden Ophthalmics, is a compact device primarily for employers to use on their em-ployees whose acuity and color vision are an essential part of their jobs. The kit includes C daylight glasses, a near acuity card, a color test plate and instructions.
Call 1-800-659-2250, or go to www.guldenindustries.com.
Call 1-800-659-2250, or go to www.guldenindustries.com.
Contact Lenses
Acuvue Advance with Hydraclear, Oasys Get AOA Nod
Acuvue Advance with Hydraclear, Acuvue Advance for Astigmatism and Acuvue Oasys with Hydraclear Plus, from Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc., received the American Optometric Associations Seal of Acceptance as Class 1 ultraviolet absorbing contact lenses. The seal means that the lenses meet specifications for ultraviolet-absorbing contact lenses by the AOAs Commission on Ophthalmic Standards.
The AOAs specifications meet with the published standards of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the International Standards Organization (ISO), which classify UV-blocking contact lenses into two groups: Class 1 UV-blockers, which absorb at least 90% of UVA and 99% of UVB radiation, and Class 2, which absorb at least 70% of UVA and more than 95% of UVB radiation.
Call 1-800-843-2020, or visit www.ecp.acuvue.com.
The AOAs specifications meet with the published standards of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the International Standards Organization (ISO), which classify UV-blocking contact lenses into two groups: Class 1 UV-blockers, which absorb at least 90% of UVA and 99% of UVB radiation, and Class 2, which absorb at least 70% of UVA and more than 95% of UVB radiation.
Call 1-800-843-2020, or visit www.ecp.acuvue.com.
Aberrometer CL Certification Imminent
The COAS aberrometer, from Wavefront Sciences, is undergoing final certification for use in creating the Definition WaveTouch Soft Contact Lenses, from Optical Connection Inc. Tracey Technologys iTrace, Visionixs PowerMap and Marcos OPD II are currently used to create these lenses. Wavefront Sciences currently offers a vision simulator, which allows you to demonstrate the advantage of customized wavefront lenses to patients.
Call (505) 275-4747, or go to www.wavefrontsciences.com.
Call (505) 275-4747, or go to www.wavefrontsciences.com.
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| The OE Tracker web site, from the Association of Regulatory Boards of Optometry (ARBO), now enables you to print a certificate online for any event that reported your attendance to OE Tracker. OE Tracker allows you to monitor your continuing education (CE) renewal status and the remaining hours needed to renew your license(s). These new online certificates include a unique serial number that guarantees its authenticity. Using this serial number, a member regulatory board may authenticate the certificate at the ARBO web site. To ensure the accuracy of the data in the OE tracker database, register at www.arbo.org. This one-time step enables you to verify your personal information, such as your licenses, and to make updates and changes. Go to www.arbo.org. |
Practice Management
Appointment Scheduling Program
Pro Schedule appointment scheduling software, from CyberMatrix Corp., is now available in version 6. The Windows-based application already comes in four versions: Standard, Client/Server, Enterprise and Web. This new version
features:
The ability to cut and paste appointments from person to person or day to day.
An e-mail scripting feature that allows you to customize e-mails according to subject.
The ability to synchronize appointments with Microsoft Outlook.
The ability of Pro Schedule Web to change configuration options and manage data right from the browser.
The Standard, Client/Server and Enterprise editions have an intuitive graphical interface. Also, the Client/Server, Enterprise and Web editions can be utilized by multiple users who access schedule data over your practices intranet or Internet site. The Enterprise is the only software that can integrate with virtually any large database server, such as the Microsoft SQL Server, the company says. Pro Schedule Web enables resource scheduling over any Web browser, CyberMatrix says.
Call 1-888-664-0383, or go to www.cybermatrix.com.
Strategic Alliance Announced
Wink Interactive will secure educational content from AllAboutVision.com for use on its WinkPad interactive educational tools. WinkPad delivers doctor-reviewed information on eye health and vision correction options to patients in your reception room. All About Vision provides information on ocular health and vision correction to consumers. All About Vision and Wink Interactive say they will reformat articles from All About Vision into consumer-friendly content that can be accessed on WinkPad.
(Wink Interactives strategic partner is Jobson Publishing, the publisher of Review of Optometry.)
Call 1-866-946-5723, or go to www.winkinteractive.org.
(Wink Interactives strategic partner is Jobson Publishing, the publisher of Review of Optometry.)
Call 1-866-946-5723, or go to www.winkinteractive.org.
Comanagement
Laser Vision Treatment
The Allegretto Wave Eye-Q, from WaveLight, Inc., is a 400hz excimer laser approved by the FDA to correct up to -12.00D of myopia with up to -6.00D of astigmatism or up to +6.00D of hyperopia with up to -5.00D of astigmatism.
Like its predecessor, the 200hz Allegretto Wave, the Eye-Q provides specific ablation profiles based on each eyes individual corneal asphericity. This method has been shown to improve visual outcomes, particularly in dim light conditions, the company says. Also, the Allegretto Wave Eye-Q offers patients a short procedure time: 1.00D of correction in two seconds, with a 6.5mm optical zone.
Call 1-866-725-5347, or go to www.wavelight.com/ eyes.
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| Contact Lens Care Site The interactive Clear Care Web site (www.clearcaresolution.com) is designed to show patients how to appropriately care for their contact lenses with Clear Care solutiona one bottle hydrogen peroxide-based lens care system from CIBA Vision. Go to the site, click on the demolink, and you and your patients will see a virtual demonstration of how the Clear Care system cleans, disinfects and removes dirt and protein de-posits from contact lenses. You and your patients also can sign up for the latest CIBA Vision product news and promotions, and download coupons for Clear Care, which comes with a new lens case. Call 1-800-241-5999, or go to http://www.cibavision.com/. |
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Fendi from Marchon
FS 357, made of rubber temples in a shield shape. It comes in colors black, brown, mauve and bordeaux in size 86/20-110. The frame part of the Zip Code series features the double F logo on the temples. FS 1013ML, made of leather in an aviator-style shape. It comes in white in size 60/13-135. This sunglass frame is part of the Mens Fashion series. It features the Fendi logo on the metal end piece. FS1014M, made of plastic in a modern aviator-style sunglass frame. It comes in colors white, tur-quoise, navy and black in size 64/11-125. This sunglass frame features a double F logo at the bridge. F657, made of metal in a modified oval shape. It comes in colors gunmetal, palladium and golden beauty in size 52/19-145. This ophthalmic frame features rhinestone-encrusted temples. F658, made of metal in a modified rectangle shape. It comes in colors nero lucido (glossy black), palladium, gunmetal and golden beauty in sizes 51/18-135 and 53/18-135. F659R, made of metal in a geometric shape. It comes in colors palladium and golden beauty in size 52/17-135. The F657 and F658 ophthalmic frames both feature a diamond cut on the temples to attract light. Call 1-800-645-1300, or go to www.marchon.com.
N9507, a girls modified rectangle shape that comes in colors cherry/lilac, aqua/berry, cactus and toffee in sizes 45/15-130 and 47/15-130. N9508, a tween unisex modified oval shaped frame that comes in colors sienna, cherry/lilac, aqua/berry and cactus and in sizes 42/16-125 and 44/16-130. N8024, a unisex modified rectangle shaped frame that comes in colors merlot, horn, ebony bone, tortoise and walnut horn and in sizes 50/16-135 and 52/16-140. N8025, a womens modified square shaped frame that comes in colors cherry horn, ebony bone, tortoise and chestnut horn and in sizes 50/15-135 and 52/16-140. Call 1-800-645-1300, or go to www.marchon.com.
Viva International introduces eight frames from Guess?, Inc.: two mens metal clip-ons, three womens handmade plastic frames from the Guess Gone Wild collection and three metal front, plastic temple frames from the unisex optical grouping. GU 1410, in a rectangle shape. It comes in colors black, brown and gunmetal and in size 50/19-140. GU 1412, in a semi-rimless modified oval shape. It comes in colors green, gold-purple and black-grey and in size 52/17-135. The clips adhere to the magnet on the endpiece, enabling easy ad-justment of the frame and nose pads. Also, both frames feature the Guess? logo lasered on the endpiece and inlaid in the temple tip, and spring hinges and adjustable nose pads.
GU 1403, in a rectangle shape. It comes in colors black, burgundy, dark brown and lime in size 52/16-135.
GU 1404, in a modified rectangle. It comes in colors blue, black, brown and red in size 53/15-135. GU 1405, in a modified rectangle shape. It comes in colors blue, black, brown and magenta in size 51/16-135. This grouping features spring hinges. GU 1400, in an angular oval shape. It comes in colors blue with brown, black with red and magenta with black in size 50/17-135. GU 1401, in a modified square shape. It comes in colors brown with turquoise, purple and satin black in size 50/17-135. GU 1402, in a modified rectangle shape. It comes in colors black with gray, burgundy with pink, gold with purple and green in size 52/17-135. Call 1-800-345-8482, or go to www.vivagroup.com.
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