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What's New
FOR YOUR PATIENTS
AND PRACTICE
Diagnostic
system for corneal irregularities
The
ABBA k_3, from Abba Optical, is a diagnostic system designed for patients who have
corneal irregularities, such as keratoconus. It employs several lens designs, which
the company says reduces the number of office visits for these patients.
The diagnostic system includes lens
designs ranging in diameters from 8.4mm to 13.5mm and base curves from 39.00D to
68.00D (All these ranges include the AbbaKone, Comfort Zone and Semi-scleral lens
designs). Also, both spherical and aspherical lens designs are available.
ABBA Optical
Phone:
(800) 331-2015
Web: www.abbaoptical.com
Online health record/practice
management system
EyeCodeRight
v4.0, from EyeCodeRight, is a web-based application that enables you and your staff
to access your practice management and electronic health record data without the
need for a server.
The software application is a Rich
Internet Application that employs Adobe Flex programming language. Also, the EyeCodeRight v4.0 accepts patient history input directly
from the patient himself, through a secure, encrypted access portal, the com-pany
says.
In addition, the software contains
a coding and billing component and an inventory and order management system that
features databases of current contact lenses and spectacle frames, among other functions.
You can access the software on a PC or Mac via any standard web browser.
EyeCodeRight
Phone: (877) 377-6906
Web: www.eyecoderight.com
Portable transpalpebral diaton
tonometer
The
transpalpebral diaton tono-meter, from Bicom Inc., is a pen-like, hand-held, portable
instrument that measures intraocular pressure (IOP) through the eyelid, precluding
the use of sterilization, anesthesia and contact with the cornea.
The instrument is ideal for mass
screenings in nursing homes, among other uses, the company says.
Bicom Inc.
Phone:
(877) 342-8667
Web: www.tonometerdiaton.com
Concentric bifocal gas permeable
lens
The
Menifocal Z GP concentric bifocal lens, from Menicon Co. Ltd., has distance-center/peripheral-near
front surface optics for vision at all distances. The front surface distance-near
transition zone is designed to eliminate ghost images, the company says.
In
addition, the lens is made of a hyper-Dk Menicon Z material, enabling the patient
to safely wear the lens daily, or continuously for up to 30 days, and it has a spherical
base curve allowing you to correct small to moderate amounts of astigmatism without
causing corneal molding, the company says.
You can obtain the Menifocal Z GP
lens through Lens Dynamics Inc. or its U.S. distributors.
Menicon Co. Ltd.
Phone: (800) 228-2691
Web: www.menicon.com
Software designed in part
by eyecare practitioners
Grow
Care Management Solutions (CMS), from Clarkson Eye-care, is practice management
soft- ware for both single- and multiple-office practices developed by the company's
own software developers and eyecare professionals.
Grow CMS features flexible doctor
scheduling, call center capabilities, insurance filing and verification, among
other functions.
Clarkson Eyecare
Phone: (877) 500-4015
Web: www.growcms.com
Optometric Management, Issue: February 2007