Therapeutic and Blue Barrier™ Tints

BPI® Filter Vision™ Blue Barrier® tints were developed to provide maximum blue light protection. Blue light is the dominant component of skylight and a major cause of glare. Aging and a number of ocular conditions can make eyes extremely sensitive to what is normally seen as moderate glare, and these same pathological conditions also increase the possibility of veiling glare caused by blue light scatter within the eye. If you want to reduce glare and relieve discomfort for your patients, there is one simple thing you can do; filter out UV and blue light.

Pre-tinted demonstration lenses in these therapeutic colors are available in Product Code 80919, Tinted Therapeutic Lens Pair.


Click here to see a list of articles that suggest a therapeutic benefit to various colored lenses.
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THERAPEUTIC TINTS (PDF)

DENSITIES FOR BPI SPECIALTY LENS TINTS

We are often asked how dark a lens should be tinted in order to obtain the desired spectrum for a BPI Specialty Tint, such as the Designed Spectrum 600 tint. The correct answer is of course to use a spectrometer, such as the BPI Spectrometer, to obtain a curve of the transmittance of the lens that you are tinting and verify that the cut-off has arrived at the appropriate point: 500nm in this case. If you don't have a spectrometer, BPI visible light meters may be used to closely approximate the correct curve by using the "VIS" readings on BPI Dual Computer Cal meters. The Tv readings on the BPI meters that provide Tv (such as the BPI Dual Computer Cal/Luminous Transmittance Meter, the BPI RGB Spectrometer and the BPI Mini Meter) may also be used. The table below provides the information needed to determine correct lens tinting.


Lens Tint

BPI Dual Computer Cal VIS Reading

Luminous Transmittance, Tv

45087%85%
50067%44%
53064%35%
54034%21%
550 (using 500/550)
58%30%
550 (using 550/570)
50%22%
57043%15%
60026%6%
FL-4146%27%
Total Day
VISIBLE: 83
Tv: 88
Total Night
VISIBLE: 90
Tv: 92
UV- Blue Barrier 440
VISIBLE: 88
Tv: 88
Diamond Dye 460
VISIBLE: 85
Tv: 82
Diamond Dye 510
VISIBLE: 76
Tv: 58


Deep Blue Zee
VISIBLE: 19%
Tv: 19%
Diamond Dye 570
VISIBLE: 32%
Tv: 15%



Blue Barrier 500/525 - 4 OZ.BTL

Blue Barrier 500/525 - 4 OZ.BTL

By increasing the length of tinting time the lenses will become less orange and more red. (Orange at..

$48.05

Blue Barrier 525/550 - 4 OZ.BTL

Blue Barrier 525/550 - 4 OZ.BTL

By increasing the length of tinting time the lenses will become less orange and more red. (Orange at..

$48.05

BPI Diamond Dye 500/550 - 4 oz bottle

BPI Diamond Dye 500/550 - 4 oz bottle

By increasing the length of tinting time the lenses will become less orange and more red. (Orange at..

$96.10

BPI Diamond Dye 540 - 4 oz bottle

BPI Diamond Dye 540 - 4 oz bottle

Therapeutic tint. Reddish brownTinted demonstration lenses of this color are available as Product Co..

$48.05

BPI Filter Vision 480/Euro Brown - 4 oz

BPI Filter Vision 480/Euro Brown - 4 oz

Therapeutic tint. Dark brown.Tinted demonstration lenses of this color are available as Product Code..

$48.05

BPI FL-41 - 4 oz bottle

BPI FL-41 - 4 oz bottle

A rusty rose color that is usually tinted to a darkness of 50%. It has been found useful to reduc..

$48.05

BPI Melanin Therapeutic Tint - 3 oz

BPI Melanin Therapeutic Tint - 3 oz

A tan-colored dye which mimics the natural melanin produced by the body.Tinted demonstration lenses ..

$48.05

BPI Monochrome 600 - 4 oz bottle

BPI Monochrome 600 - 4 oz bottle

A deep red which absorbs all wavelengths up to 600nm, transmitting the color red. May be used for..

$52.30

BPI Therapeutic Deep Blue Zee

BPI Therapeutic Deep Blue Zee

Recent studies have shown that certain blue tints such as BPI Deep Blue Zee are helpful for people w..

$48.05

BPI Total HD Day Therapeutic Tint - 4 oz

BPI Total HD Day Therapeutic Tint - 4 oz

BPI Introduces Total HD Day and Total HD Night protection. These new tints block UVA and the harmful..

$48.05

BPI Total HD Night Therapeutic Tint - 4 oz

BPI Total HD Night Therapeutic Tint - 4 oz

BPI Introduces Total HD Day and Total HD Night protection. These new tints block UVA and the harmful..

$48.05

BPI Winter Sun/450

BPI Winter Sun/450

A light golden-yellow tint with the highest UV protection available to chase away the winter blues.S..

$48.05

BPI 550 / 570nm™ cut-off tint

BPI 550 / 570nm™ cut-off tint

BPI introduces another cut off tint, joining the ranks of BPI UV-Blue Barrier 440, BPI Winter Sun 45..

$48.05

BPI Diamond Dye 460/510nm

BPI Diamond Dye 460/510nm

BPI Diamond Dye 460/510nm is a new addition the BPI therapeutic tint line (Blue Barrier protective s..

$48.05

BPI UV/ Blue Barrier 440nm (Protective series)

BPI UV/ Blue Barrier 440nm (Protective series)

BPI UV/ Blu Barrier 440nm (Protective series), is the latest addition to a series of therapeutic tin..

$48.05

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