MOST VISUAL IMPAIRMENT IS AVOIDABLE
Innovation in technology allows screening by
non-ophthalmic trained healthcare providers
Advances in Autorefraction
The Spot Vision Screener ™️ by Welch Allyn is a handheld, portable, ocular photo screening device designed to quickly and easily help detect refractive errors, and ocular alignment leading to amblyopia (lazy eye) and vision issues in patients as young as six months. Spot screens both eyes at once from a nonthreatening 3-foot distance. The touch-screen display allows for one-touch activation, simple management of patient data entry, and easy configuration.
FEATURES
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Follows American Academy of Pediatrics screening guidelines for early detection of amblyopic risk factors
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Automated device provides thorough, objective, and easy-to-understand results
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Minimal user training requiredAdequately powered for mass screening events
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Captures reading 97% of the time
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Bluetooth printing and WiFi enabled
Advances in Red Reflex
Vision screening aims at finding a red reflex when a photo is taken of the eye. A red reflex that is absent, partial, or white indicates there is an issue with the eye.
Arclight is a multi-purpose solar-powered/USB-rechargeable diagnostic tool that combines a direct ophthalmoscope, anterior segment loupe and otoscope (as well as a number of other functions) into a small highly portable device.
Originally made to overcome barriers to ownership in low-resource settings, Arclight can be attached to the camera of a smartphone, allowing easy documentation from the ophthalmoscope, otoscope and anterior segment loupe. This device creates a photographic record of a red reflex which is critical for documentation, teaching and cloud-based remote second opinion and review.
The "red eye" seen in photos taken with flash is the red reflex. This photo shows the child's left eye reflex is white, not red, and is an indication there is something wrong.
