Seiko: Seiko Indoor Series
The Seiko Indoor Series lens is said to provide improved vision in the near and intermediate zones. There are three design options to promote visual comfort for concentrated tasks. Indoor PC is an enhanced reading lens providing wide fields of view for near activities. Indoor 100 provides a working distance of 100cm through the lens centre regardless of the actual near add required. Seiko says this makes it an ideal selection for wearers that need to view at near and their full desk area. Indoor 200 provides a working distance of 200cm, with its extended working distance this design is more suitable for wearers who require near, intermediate vision and beyond up to four metres
Optimum: Optiform Office
Optimum says that Optiform Office is an occupational lens for intermediate and near distance that really brings visual comfort to the wearer. The step between fields is said to be more dynamic and offer greater agility to change the focus to different distances, especially when working with digital displays. The lens is available in 1.3m, 2.0m and 4m distances and is said to be ideal for presbyopes who spend a lot of time working at near and intermediate working distances such as office workers, chefs, painters and musicians.
Lenstec: Office Vision II
Lenstec notes that office lenses can be confusing at times with the dispensing optician calculating intermediate power from the near prescription to assure correct vision for the working distances the patient requires. This is why with Office Vision II, the company says, you start with the working distance. You select the area of vision important to the task, provide the refracted distance and add power, and Lenstec calculate the degression value and design to give the widest possible fields, sharpest vision and most relaxed postural comfort.
Jai Kudo: Wideview Occupational
Jai Kudo offers a solution for professionals requiring intensive use of the near and intermediate vision zones with its Wideview Occupational lens range. The product is said to provide value for money to independent opticians and unlock a whole new world of vision for the wearer. The company says the lens is particularly suitable for patients over 40 that struggle with eye fatigue and is available in three different options that all reduce the patient’s overall distance range and enhance their nearer visual zones to improve visual fields.
Hoya: Hoyalux iD WorkStyle 3
Hoya says that its occupational lenses are specifically designed to provide improved focus and a wider field of vision for close to intermediate range distances, with four product options within the occupational range. Hoyalux iD WorkStyle 3 is the company’s new premium occupational solution, said to offer enhanced vision comfort and ergonomic posture at near and far intermediate distances. With three design options – Close, Screen and Space – the range of vision can be tailored to a patient’s needs. The lenses are also crafted to the patient’s individual facial and frame parameters
Norville: Bureau HD
Made for workstation administrators, Norville’s Bureau progressive lenses are said to have some very specific design factors. The company says that the lens offers close and near design for keyboard and screen users but with the availability of an excellent intermediate with limited distance field enabling fuller flexibility than just a simple office degressive two focus lens design. Additionally the lens is said to achieve smooth transition between zones, high definition (achieved through Digital Ray-Path technology) and oblique astigmatism reduced. Norville says the lens is useful for older indoor professionals, executives, administrators, doctors, bank counter staff, teachers and dispensing opticians: anyone whose work is predominantly near and close vision, yet with the flexibility for attending meetings and presentations. Bureau is a non-compensated design and is available with all Norville coating options including Reactolite
Nikon: eLife
eLife, the Nikon solution for occupational and lifestyle use for pre, through to established presbyopes, is said to offer clear, wide fields of view for near and intermediate tasks like reading, digital device use, desk based and room distance activities. Nikon says the lens is ideal for the workplace or home based working. eLife lenses are available in indices from 1.5 through to 1.74 including Trivex and in clear, Transitions, polarised and with base curve selection to meet near and intermediate requirements both indoor and out and for optimum aesthetics in any frame. Teamed with SeeCoat Bright, enhancing vision in dim light conditions or SeeCoat Blue, reducing visual fatigue on digital devices, eLife is said to provide the opportunity to dispense an occupational specific first or second pair or upgrade single vision reading lenses to offer patients the best possible visual solution
