Art Optical to add the BE Retainer® Overnight Ortho-K Design
April 21, 2005
To answer growing practitioner demand for Ortho-K designs, Art Optical has added the BE Retainer® to its specialty product line. The BE Retainer for Optimal Orthokeratology is a design partner in Bausch & Lomb’s Vision Shaping Treatment™ (VST) program, and is now FDA approved for overnight wear.
The BE Retainer was developed in Australia by Drs. John Mountford and Don Noack. It is designed using topographical data only, and each BE Retainer is custom fit to that patient’s cornea. The BE Retainer is unique in that it is a software-driven fitting system. As a screening tool, the BE Studio Software predicts the amount of refractive change possible, as well as the treatment zone size for each individual patient. When combined with the 25-retainer trial set, Ortho-K fitting with the BE Retainer becomes systematic and efficient.
One of the key elements to success in modern Orthokeratology is precision manufacturing. As a manufacturer of the BE Retainer, Art Optical’s trusted manufacturing quality, advanced technology, and extensive depth of experience will insure the highly sophisticated BE Retainer design is produced to exacting standards. Practitioners purchasing custom BE Retainers from Art Optical will also benefit from 24-hour turnaround and a full complement of technical support.
Recognizing the importance of accurate corneal topography in the practice of Orthokeratology, Art Optical is also an authorized agent of the Medmont E300 corneal topographer. Exclusive savings opportunities are available from Art Optical for practitioners looking to align the BE Retainer Optimal Orthokeratology system with the Medmont topographer. Call Art Optical at 800-253-9364 today to learn more about the Medmont E300 topographer or the BE Retainer, or visit www.beretainer.com. Practitioners can also learn more by visiting the Art Optical exhibit at the Midwest Vision Congress and Expo in May, or the Global Orthokeratology Symposium in July, or logging on to their website, www.artoptical.com.
Established in 1931, Art Optical Contact Lens, Inc. is the worlds’ leading GP lens manufacturer. The company specializes in custom contact lenses made to exacting standards for the correction of refractive errors including myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, and presbyopia, as well as custom contact lenses by practitioner prescription for pediatric patients, and those with post corneal trauma, pathological concerns, and ocular disease.
For additional information, contact:
Mindy Spicer, Director of Marketing & Communications
616-559-5162
Art Optical
3175 3 Mile Road
Grand Rapids, MI 49501-1848