Lewerenz Accomodation Maddox and Occluder

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New Product News from Gulden Ophthalmics

Gulden Introduces the New Lewerenz Accommodation Maddox and Occluder Tool with Cm/Diopter Scale

This new, innovative tool helps vision care professionals accomplish

several clinical tests with one handy tool.

ELKINS PARK, PA  —  Gulden Ophthalmics introduces the new Lewerenz Accommodation Maddox and Occluder Tool for vision care professionals who often wish they had three hands:  one for an occluder, one for a test target, and one to measure the distance!

This new innovative tool designed by Dr. David Lewerenz – affiliated with Northeastern State University – in conjunction with Gulden, goes beyond the usual use as an occluder and Maddox rod.  With its calibrated scale in both centimeters and diopters it can be used to measure the Amplitude of Accommodation and Near Point of Convergence.

Often vision care professionals perform different clinical tests in sequence;  after testing visual acuities or a cover test with the occluder function, they can keep the Lewerenz tool in hand, pick up the near target, and not have to find or reach for any other device to take measurements.   In addition to its novel multi-functional design, it is unique in that it provides measurements in the units clinicians want – diopters for accommodation and centimeters for convergence.

With this new, competitively priced tool, no longer will vision care professionals:

• Wish they had three hands!
• Need to try to keep the patient and near target in place while having to reach for a measuring tool
• Need to convert centimeters to diopters when measuring accommodation
• Need to have so many tools by the exam chair

SIMPLE AND EASY TO USE

Instructions for use by the clinician are easy and simple:  for Amplitude of Accommodation, hold the occluder vertically in the right hand to occlude the patient’s left eye, while a near accommodative target is brought closer to the right eye.  When the patient reports blur the occluder is lifted to the horizontal position so the occluder end is against the patient’s forehead and the Maddox rod is nearer the clinician.  Keep the target where it was when blur was reported.  In this position the Amplitude of Accommodation is read directly from the occluder handle in diopters.  Switch the near target and occluder between hands and repeat with right eye occluded and then, if desired, with both eyes together without occluding an eye.

To measure Near Point of Convergence, the patient is tested with both eyes open.  A small target in the midline is brought closer to the patient’s eyes until diplopia is reported.  At that time the occluder is positioned as it was for Amplitude of Accommodation and the distance is read in centimeters.

For more information about these and other products, visit Gulden’s website or contact Gulden Ophthalmics, 225 Cadwalader Avenue, Elkins Park, PA 19027-2020                         Tel 215-884-8105   Fax 215-884-0418

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