Menicon Co., Ltd.

Hidenari Tanaka

Kazuhiko Nakada

Hiroaki Suzuki

Tetsuji Kawai

Sadanori Ohno

Masahiro Okawa

Kensuke Muraki

An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for optometric self-examination, a management server and a contact lens selection system using the same that are readily available to a new user and additionally shorten a time period required by an eye care practitioner for prescription or, even if no eye care practitioner's prescription is provided, allow for selection of a contact lens preferred for the user. The apparatus for optometric self-examination includes an optometric data acquisition unit for determining at least a part of a shape of a cornea of a user in response to an operation by the user and acquiring optometric data, based on the shape of the cornea, and a contact lens data display unit for displaying a result of selection of a contact lens suited for the optometric data, based on the optometric data and the shape data of contact lenses.

Apparatus for optometric self-examination, management server and contact lens selection system

It is an object to provide a novel system for supporting contact lens users, who has not been provided with an after-selling support sufficiently, which is able to provide an appropriate support to individual contact lens user so that he can use contact lenses with comfortable. In order to attain the object, an image signal of the user's currently used contact lenses () acquired by a user client apparatus () is transmitted via communication network means (), to a server apparatus () of a supporting entity (). The server apparatus () then obtains lens condition evaluation data, which are stored in memory means () and transmitted via the communication network means () to the user client apparatus () so that the user () can be provided with the lens condition evaluation data.

Contact lens user support system and support method

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Nagoya, Japan

Hidenari Tanaka