New Hope for Patients Living with Vision Loss… E-Scoop Glasses

Dr. Randolph Kinkade
(800) 756-0766
www.LowVisionEyeglasses.com
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Dr. Randolph Kinkade, Connecticut optometrist and founding member of the International Academy of Low Vision Specialists (IALVS), utilizes new lens technology to help patients who have a basic problem experienced by those with macular degeneration (AMD).




Dr. Kinkade's patient
wearing E-Scoop glasses

Dr. Kinkade's patient
wearing E-Scoop glasses




There is new hope for people whose vision has been compromised by age related macular degeneration (ARMD), glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy.
 

Many patients with these diseases have heard that nothing more can be done for them, but pioneering changes in recent months may offer them new options. Special types of highly sophisticated glasses prescribed by low vision doctors are quickly emerging as the answer to vision loss due to macular degeneration or other conditions that lead to limited vision.

 

New Lens Technology

Recently developed new E-Scoop lenses from Holland now enable doctors to help patients with one of the chief complaints associated with macular degeneration -- cloudy vision.

“Macular degeneration not only causes central blind spots, but reduces clarity,” says Dr. Kinkade. “Most of my patients tell me they need clearer vision.”

 

Patient Success Story

Mrs. Marianne Girard, a Seymour, CT resident, who suffers from macular degeneration, uses these new E-Scoop glasses to help her drive more confidently and watch television. “I really need them for driving and they make all the difference for watching TV,” said Mrs. Girard. “I even use them to play bocce!”

 

Marianne Girard wearing Dr. Kinkade's prescribed E-Scoop glasses

 

Glasses that use the new technology bridge the gap between standard eyeglasses and Spectacle Minature Telescopes (SMTs). Whether your difficulty is night driving, bright light, sunlight or simply seeing clearly into the distance, the E-Scoop lens placed over a standard eyeglass prescription can help.

 

 

“It is all about the physics and, particularly, precision optics,” says Dr. Kinkade. By combining six different optical properties into a two-lens system, vision can often be enhanced. “We start with the patient’s prescription and then add prisms to move the image to healthier parts of the maculas,” says Dr. Kinkade.

The lens has five distinct features that make vision clearer and sharper, with reduced glare:

• The prism moves the image away from the damaged macular area.
• The low vision prescription ensures the patient's needs are met.
• The yellow tint improves contrast.
• The thickness of the lens, combined with the special “base” curve, makes objects appear slightly larger.
• The anti-reflection coating allows more light through the lens.

E-Scoop

People with macular degeneration lose some or all of their central straight-ahead vision over time, but their peripheral side vision is not effected. Often this means they see better looking slightly to the side, rather than looking straight ahead.

 

E-Scoop lenses provide some magnification by using a combination of special lens curvature and thickness. The lenses also incorporate a custom yellow filter and anti-reflective coatings. Dr. Kinkade reports, “This is an example of two lenses definitely being better than one.”

 

Currently, Dr. Kinkade is the only doctor in Connecticut who has been specially trained to fit patients for the New E-Scoop glasses.




Dr. Kinkade's patient
wearing E-Scoop glasses



 

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