Icare HOME Patient Guide
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Icare HOME (Model: TA022)
PATIENT GUIDE TA022-035 USA-2.0
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Glossary
Introduction
How does the tonometer work
Contraindications
Risks
Benefits
Tonometer overview
Preparing the tonometer for use
Positioning the tonometer
Completing the measurement
Troubleshooting
Replacing the batteries
Cleaning the tonometer
Clinical performance data
Getting support
GLOSSARY
Goldmann Applanation Tonometry
= the standard eye test that
can detect your eye pressure (IOP) .
Tonometer
= a device for measuring your IOP.
mmHg
= units of measurement for the pressure in your eye.
Position tag
= support positions for your eyes are written on it.
Probe
= tonometer’s single-use item that lightly touches your eye.
Probe base light
= light ring that assists you to position the probe.
Shelf life
= the time the probe remains sterile in its intact packing.
Cornea
= the eye’s outermost dome shaped clear layer.
Forehead/cheek supports
= tonometer’s adjustable supports.
Expected service life
= expected life time before replacement.
Electromagnetic immunity
= tonometer’s ability to withstand
disturbances from other electrical equipment.
INTRODUCTION
This guide will teach you how to use the Icare
HOME tonometer.
The Icare HOME tonometer is a prescription device
intended to be used in addition to routine clinical
monitoring of intraocular pressure (IOP) of adult
patients.
You must be certified and trained by a health care
professional for the procedures described in this
manual prior to the device being prescribed for
home use.
The health care professional will provide you with
a support position tag that has the correct dis-
tance settings for you if you accidently change the
distance by mistake or you need to have different
distance settings to measure your other eye. You
should keep the tag with the tonometer.
Please note that patients for whom initial agreement
between Goldmann applanation tonometry (GAT)
and Icare HOME measurements in the clinic is poor
(difference of more than 5 mm Hg) should not be
prescribed the Icare HOME device for home use.
