MedicalChoosing the lens configuration
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Selecting the correct lens configuration

                 
Does the customer have a prescription?
YES
Does the customer wear contacts?
NO
Is the prescription for distance vision only?
NO
Is the prescription for near vision only?
NO
Is the prescription for bifocal?

NO


YES


YES


YES


YES
Plan/Plano
Plano/ Plano
Dist. carrier/Dist. ocular
2 options: 1. Plano carrier/near ocular, if customer works with readers, and wants to see across the room.
Several options: 1. Distance carrier no bifocal, near in ocular. Will be able to see across the room but nothing close up through the carrier.







YES


 
 
 
2. Near carrier/near ocular if customer wears readers or near glasses for all the work being done. Will not be able to see across the room.
Near carrier no bifocal, near in the ocular.









 
 
 
 
Distance/near bifocal, near in the ocular. Will be able to see across the room in upper part of carrier and near objects through the add.









 
 
 
 
Distance /intermediate bifocal in carrier, near in the ocular. Will see across the room in top portion of carrier, instrument tray through the add.









 
 
 
 
Intermediate/near bifocal carrier, near in ocular. Will see instrument tray in top portion and close objects through bifocal.