Aoptic Lensometers
Aoptic Lensometers
Aoptic Lensometers
• Axis,
A i if cylindrical
li d i l
• Prism,
Prism amount and direction
direction, if
any
• Optical centers Automated
Lensometer
Types of Lensometers Performing Manual Lensometry
• Lensometers may be either manual or automated
automated.
There are several manufacturers for each. Although most manual lensometers look
• To perform manual lensometry,
lensometry the operator should p a different brand name,, the
similar despite
have a thorough understanding of lensometry as buttons and knobs may be placed
well as optical principles
principles. differently on certain models and the mires
• Performing automated lensometry requires very may have a slightly different appearance.
littl skill
little kill or knowledge
k l d off optics.
ti The technique is the same for plus and
• Automated lensometry may be quicker to perform minus cylinder.
but in most cases the instrument is more expensive
to purchase than a manual lensometer.
Axis wheel
Platform / table
Gimbal
Measure the sphere power Thin “single”
Thin, single lines that represent the sphere
• Si
Simultaneously
lt l rotate
t t the
th axisi wheel
h l tot focus
f andd
straighten the thin sphere lines, record the number
on the power wheel,
wheel this is the sphere power
Record the number on the
power wheel,
• Leaving the axis as it is, bring the thick lines into
This is a spherical only Rx focus by turning the sphere wheel
Lensometry technique for
Cylinder multifocal lenses
• Algebraically add the number shown If the glasses are multifocal the first step is to
determine the distance Rx. For a traditional
now on the power wheel with the
lined segment add you would then reposition
number previously recorded as the the glasses so that the center of the bifocal
sphere this is the cylinder amount,
sphere, amount add is in the lensometer gimbal.
record the axis
• To transpose the cylinder, rotate the
axis
a s 90
90˚and
a d sta
startt o
over
e
• Once the optical center of both lenses •LLensometryt measures nott only l
has been found, a millimeter ruler is the power of a prism but also the
used to measure the distance between orientation of the prism base.
the marks on the lenses
lenses.
• This distance should match the patient’s
• The prism orientation may be
interpupillary distance unless there is base in (toward the nose)
nose), base
prism
p s in the
t e lenses.
e ses out (toward the temple), base up,
or base down.
Lensometry technique for prisms Measuring prism power and orientation
• If prism
i is
i ground d iin th
the llens you • OK, you can’t line the mires up with the
will not be able to align the mires g
target…so yyou have pprism,, right?
g Now
with the target. how do you find out how and what type?...