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Product: Welch Allyn Spot Vision Screener
Top Line: Hill-Rom announced new software enhancements to its Welch Allyn Spot Vision Screener, enabling the device to quickly and effectively screen for vision issues in adult patients with pupil sizes as small as 3mm.
Spot Vision Screener is a handheld, portable device that makes vision screening as easy as taking a picture. The Wi-Fi enabled screener allows clinicians to quickly detect vision issues in patients as young as six months of age through those who are senior citizens. The device was initially designed to improve early detection of amblyopic risk factors that lead to vision loss and blindness in children.
Close Up: Eyecare professionals are challenged with maintaining practice flow when treating patients with small pupils, limited mobility and disabilities. As people age, pupil size gets smaller, especially in brighter lighting conditions. Desktop autorefractors are confined to a specific location which can limit patient access.
With Spot Vision Screener’s latest software update, eyecare professionals and physicians can leverage the device’s unique features to measure vision risk among patients with pupils as small as 3mm, a size common among adults.
According to Alton Shader, president of Hill-Rom’s front line care business, this latest enhancement to Spot Vision Screener arose from customers’ demand for an application adapted to the unique needs of the adult, and specifically the senior, population.
“Our Vision for All efforts led us to make Spot Vision Screener more powerful, enabling clinicians to more accurately assess vision in a greater range of patients,” said Shader. “The updated Spot Vision Screener software will help us advance our efforts to prevent loss of sight across the pediatric, adult and adult-senior populations.”
Vital Stats: The device screens both eyes at once from a three-foot distance. The touch-screen display allows for one-touch activation, simple management of patient data entry, and easy configuration for both vision screening and autorefraction applications, which are performed simultaneously.
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