What are Shaw Lenses?
he SHAW lens uses doctor measured motor fusion (vergence) limits and sophisticated math to create lenses that take into account how your eyes move together as it balances the image sizes. This solves many distortion problems.
As a result, many patients report better vision comfort and fewer headaches.
When are Shaw Lenses Used?
Shaw lenses can be prescribed when a patient experiences symptoms of aniseikonia.
Aniseikonia symptoms can be mild to severe and can impact your ability to read, use a computer, function at work and drive.
Depending upon the degree of the aniseikonia, and individual tolerance of the condition, generally the signs to look out for include:
- Headaches
- Dizziness
- Eye strain
- Fatigue and
- Reading difficulties
What Makes the SHAW Lens Different?
Designing lenses that take into account how both eyes work together is not an easy task.
The math is complex in a purely theoretically environment but when you factor in other variables like frame dimensions, the position of the glasses on an individual patient’s face and the limits that lens manufacturing and optics place, it’s no wonder why no one has done this before.
That’s what makes the SHAW lens unique.
The SHAW lens process uses a patent-pending method to accurately model eye rotation in order to predict distortions caused by eye glasses. We then use that information to design a lens that reduces or eliminates the distortion other lenses can cause.
The key to making a SHAW lens is the measurement of Motor fusion (vergence) limits by the optometrist using Risley prisms on the phoroptor. It’s these tolerances that make all the difference.