An Integral/Telescope Spectacle Lens
OPTICAL DESIGNS, INC.
dba L. A. SPITZBERG, INC.
14441 Memorial Drive, Suite 13
Houston, TX 77079
Phone: (713) 497-2988
Fax: (713) 497-2919

A new magnifying device has been developed by Optical Designs, Inc. through an NEI SBIR Grant to help persons with eye diseases such as macular degeneration. Current mounted telescopes are relatively expensive and plus lenses require the use of a close working distance.

This new device has been designed and produced as one unit that simultaneously incorporates a Galilean telescope and a spectacle lens. These units are injection molded in two pieces which are then integrally joined after the Rx is surfaced. The alignment procedure for binocular viewing was determined by solving equations that reduced to an inset for convergence than any lab can use.

Units have been made at +4, +5, +6 and +8 DS powers for near viewing, all with a 1.75X working distance advantage over a plus lens of the same equivalent power. An afocal 1.75X distance telescope was also made. The units have good optics, a wide field of view, and will be much more economical than current mounted telescopes.

The units are expected to be available for sale later this year.

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