Wigton Eye Care recently acquired new technology with the Z-View Aberrometer.

It uses the latest in wavefront-guided technology to quickly and accurately “map” a patient’s eyes for irregularities that can cause vision problems, such as difficulty driving at night, glare and halos around lights, poor depth perception and poor color definition.

This map, called an iPrint, is like a fingerprint of the eye in that each person’s is unique. The iPrint is then converted into a digital prescription that drives the manufacturing of the customized iZon High Resolution Lenses.

The iZon High Resolution Lenses are available in single vision and progressive addition lens designs. Like other spectacle lenses, they correct for myopia, hyperopia, mild astigmatism and presbyopia.

But iZon High Resolution Lenses go beyond traditional lenses to provide improved contrast sensitivity, improved night vision, generally sharper, crisper vision and the ability to see color with greater richness and intensity. The iZon lenses can reduce glare, halos, and starbursts many people see around lights when driving at night.

Many patients report that the difference between traditional glasses and the iZon Lenses is like the difference between regular television and high definition television, the picture is clearer, sharper, and more vivid.

Additional patient benefits were evaluated in a study with an FDA-approved nighttime driving simulator. In the study, the iZon High Resolution Lenses were shown to significantly improve nighttime driving performance over conventional lenses, with an average of 17 percent improvement in response. Wearers were also able to detect, recognize and react to a potential hazard one fourth of a second sooner, which translates into an average stopping distance of 20 feet shorter, a significant safety margin.

The iZon lenses can benefit many patients by enabling them to see better than they ever have.

This article was submitted by Wigton Eye Care.