Precision Vision
Leader in high-quality
vision testing products debuts low-vision product line to improve patient
quality of life across the world
La Salle, Ill. (August 5, 2010) - Precision Vision, a leader in the field of
vision testing products for four decades, today announces a new line of
low-vision aids. The Precision Vision low-vision aids catalog, which includes
handheld, stand and spectacle-mounted devices, were selected for their
outstanding quality and performance after almost three years of research, and
are currently available exclusively to eye care professionals across the United
States and many other countries as well.
"Each and every week, eye care professionals evaluate patients who suffer
from degenerative eye diseases. This is a new day for those who need help.
We're proud to bring to the market new premium low-vision aids that will
dramatically improve a patients' quality of life, offering them hope where none
existed previously," said Ed Kopidlansky, president of Precision Vision.
"The same care and commitment to excellence that we place into each vision
testing chart we manufacture is equally matched in each of the new low-vision
aids in our collection."
The different types of low-vision aids offered by Precision Vision are:
- Handheld Illuminated Magnifiers (more than 10
available)
- Stand-illuminated Magnifiers (more than 10
available)
- Handheld Telescopes (one dozen available)
- Bar and Dome Magnifiers (currently four from which
to choose)
- Handheld Telescopes (more than 15 currently
available)
- Spectacle-mounted Telescopes (infinite number of
combinations easily assembled in a practitioner's office)
- BINO Prismatic Spectacles (available in 10
different options)
- MultiLens Medical Filters (available in
multiple colors which can be edged into the patient's own frame)
In a 2008 worldwide study sponsored by Pfizer and the World Glaucoma
Association, twice as many people were afraid of going blind as compared to
those who were afraid of a premature death or heart disease. According to the
study, the reality of the situation is that very few people who have a
degenerative eye disease actually go completely blind. While they may lose
sight in the central area of their vision, proper training, lighting and
magnification can return some of their independence, and this is what makes
low-vision aids and solutions important.
"True, there have been other products on the market to assist patients
with low vision, but until now, none have been designed with the attention to
detail and customized features that are essential to providing an exceptional
low-vision aid," said Kopidlansky. "For example, one of the most
overlooked components of an illuminated magnifier is the source of the illumination,
as this is just as important as the quality and magnification of the lens. The
advantage of Precision Vision's low-vision product line is that each item was
specifically chosen for its high quality and functionality, allowing
an eye care professional to customize each solution based on an individual
patient's unique needs."
The Schweizer line of German-made magnifiers carried by Precision Vision is
available in three different illumination levels.
While having multiple illumination levels is not new, Schweizer is, however,
the first manufacturer to precisely calibrate each illumination level and
print the level of intensity on the handle so that an eye care
professional knows exactly what to expect. Other product enhancements
include long battery life and easy battery changing without any removable parts
to become lost. This is very important for all low vision patients especially
those with hand tremor. In addition, the quality of these products is backed by
a 10-year manufacturer's warrantee, managed by Precision Vision.
The Multilens line from Sweden - exclusively available to prescribing eye care
professions through Precision Vision - is recognized as the most innovative and
precisely made custom low vision product line that is unmatched in its
accessibility and ease of dispensing for eye care professionals. According to
Kopidlansky, eye care professionals can continue to offer their patients the
best eye care possible: by easily illustrating the value and striking advantage
of these new low-vision products to their patients, and by prescribing them as
an effective solution.
For more information, please call 800-772-9211 or visit
www.precision-vision.com.
For more details on our new low vision aids visit
http://precision-vision.com/index.cfm/category/128/low-vision-aids-for-dispensing.cfm.
About Precision Vision
A family business based in La Salle, Ill., Precision Vision is a world leader
in the production of vision testing tools. The company is dedicated to serving
eye care professionals all over the world with top-quality products that exceed
industry standards and help practitioners focus on their primary goal: vision
care.
Since 1970, Precision Vision has worked with some of the greatest doctors,
researchers and practitioners in the eye care profession, creating eye charts
and other devices of uncompromising superiority. In the 1980s, Precision Vision
was chosen to develop the first commercially viable trans-illumination cabinets
and charts for one of the world's most important vision care studies - the
randomized ETDRS clinical trial. ETDRS acuity testing is the recognized
"Gold" standard worldwide for visual acuity testing. Today, the
products developed in unison with Precision Vision are still considered the
world standard used in research, education and clinical settings everywhere.
Leading doctors and researchers choose to work with Precision Vision and no one
else. Precision Vision's cabinets and eye charts have become and remain the
benchmark worldwide for studies, trials and general practice. They manufacture
a variety of pediatric testing tools, charts and tests for numerous purposes
including low contrast, low vision, visual field, color tests and more.
On the forefront of pediatric testing with HOTV and other symbols, Precision
Vision offers the Patti Pics™ pediatric test system, designed to meet
acuity test standardization criteria. They are the only five-symbol tests with
optotypes blurring equally at threshold while following the Snellen principal
with calibration targeted to the ETDRS Sloan letter charts.
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