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Seiko Intros Wide and Short Internal Free-Form PAL

January 23, 2012

By Andrew Karp: Group Editor, Lenses + Technology

 
MAHWAH, N.J.—Seiko Optical Products of America is introducing Seiko Surmount Ws (Wide & Short), a 100 percent internal free-form progressive addition lens (PAL). Seiko Surmount Wide & Short are designed using a new technology that places a complex convex surface on the concave side of the lens. The technology allows the use of lower base curves, creating flatter, more cosmetically appealing lenses.

Surmount Ws is a hard design PAL offering a 42 percent wider reading area with clear distance vision to the periphery. PAL wearers who rely heavily on their eyewear for near vision tasks will find Seiko Surmount Ws lenses easy to wear and use, according to Seiko. This advanced design features an automatic variable inset of the corridor and reading areas based on patient distance Rx and PD.

ECPs can also specify the patient’s preferred reading distance to ensure exact optical alignment for the widest intermediate and reading areas. Surmount lenses also use advanced aspheric compensation to optimize the Rx for the as-worn position, and multi-polar astigmatic correction that corrects for oblique astigmatism, increasing wearer comfort by reducing the need for head movements.

akarp@jobson.com


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