The BPI® Blue Light Filter Vision Tester
is a hand-held, battery-operated blue/violet light source that demonstrates the effectiveness of a
blue/violet light blocking lens. Simply place a lens to be tested between the LED lights and your eye, and push the button. The intense blue light beams produced
by the source are greatly attenuated by some lenses and the effect is
readily observed when the lenses are placed between the source and your
eye. You can see for yourself how well each of the three blue/violet LED's, whose outputs peak at 470 nm, is blocked. Compare this with the BPI Blue Light Filter 400 Vision Tester (#109520), in which the three LED's wavelengths peak at 400 nm.
Recently there has been increased interest in protecting the eye from
harmful violet and blue light. Anti reflective coatings formulas have
been altered to be less effective in this spectral region, reflecting
back about 20 percent of the light there rather than allowing its full
passage.
BPI® has recognized the need to protect
the eye from short wavelength light for many years. Our Blue Barrier /
Filter-Vision / Designed Spectrum 450, 500 and 540 absorptive tints were
available in the last century. These tints absorb all (not just
reflecting back 20%) of the harmful light of wavelengths shorter than
450nm, 500nm and 540nm, respectively, including UV light.
Blue/Violet light in general is a problem
for the eye since it scatters more than other wavelengths, causing
unwanted light “noise” within the eye. Reducing the spectral range of
light entering the eye lens also cuts down on lens chromatic aberration.
Age-related macular degeneration problems, which may be exacerbated by
blue/violet light, have been mentioned more recently by Dr. Janet
Sparrow, et al. in Optom Vis Sci. Jun 2011; 88(6): 759–765.
Blue Light Filter Vision Tester
- Brand: Brain Power Inc.
- Product Code: 109519
- Availability: In Stock
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$135.46
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