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New features for Anterion
from Vision Now July 2022
by Vision Now
Heidelberg Engineering
Heidelberg Engineering has added new clinical features to its anterior segment solution, Anterion, which combines biometry, IOL calculations, cornea diagnostics, and anterior chamber metrics based on high-resolution swept-source OCT images. Existing Anterion customers can now upgrade to add epithelial thickness measurements, intuitive visualisation for the assessment of corneal ectasia, and automatic anterior chamber measurements to their device. For new customers, the clinical tools are already integrated.
“We are excited to present these new clinical tools to the ophthalmic community,” said Steven Thomson, clinical director anterior segment at Heidelberg Engineering. “With this update, Anterion can support eyecare professionals in multiple clinical disciplines and build on its strength: superb image quality that contributes to advanced IOL power prediction methods and corneal diagnostics.”
BCLA
Online open access for a global consensus report, which delivers evidence-based guidance on all aspects of prescribing and fitting contact lenses, has been extended for another 12 months. The British Contact Lens Association (BCLA) Continued Learning Evidencebased Academic Reports (CLEAR) feature work from panels of globally respected experts, acting as a “blueprint for the future” of the profession and helping to deliver the best-possible patient care.
Luke Stevens-Burt, BCLA chief executive, said: “BCLA CLEAR is a highly important initiative and the published findings have already made influential impacts to shape contact lens fitting today and future advancements. To have the online open access extended for a further 12 months is great news for eyecare professionals around CLEAR open access extended the world. “They represent benchmarks of current knowledge and will be useful for practitioners, students, researchers and industry colleagues for years to come.” Visit www.bcla.org.uk for more information.
Charmant
Esprit Kids model ET33446 in red
The latest styles in the Esprit Kids collection from Charmant are designed as high quality fashion frames that kids will love and parents will trust when it comes to protecting their children’s eyes. Two new unisex styles have been added to enhance the choices available. Featuring bright colour contrasts, model ET33445 is a rectangular style that comes in black, brown and blue with sporty side stripes that match end-tip tones. Model ET33446 is a softer, rounded frame in fresh purple, red and grey with coloured side stripes and end-tips. Made with Ultem material, the frames are flexible, durable, lightweight and comfortable.
New features for Anterion
College of Optometrists
The College of Optometrists and the Royal College of Ophthalmologists have developed new guidance in response to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) NG81 Glaucoma: diagnosis and management guidance. The guidance maps optometrists’ qualifications and training to the different categories of glaucoma risk, as set out by the GLAUC-STRAT-FAST risk tool. It highlights the need for glaucoma care pathways to fully recognise and utilise local optometrists’ competences, and specifies which qualifications are required for autonomously managing patients in different risk categories.
Angela Whitaker, optometrist and co-author of the new guidance, said: “Multiple models of glaucoma care have evolved across the UK’s health services, and it is crucial that optometrists in primary and secondary care are empowered to contribute to multidisciplinary eyecare pathways, helping to increase capacity and improve patient outcomes.” The guidelines specify that services should be configured to meet patient demand, and developed using robust risk stratification.
