Non-contact tonometry
The only type of instrument that can measure pressure in your eye without touching it. This method of is done with a light puff of air. The Reichert Non-Contact Tonometer (NCT) measures the response of your eye to the puff. You lean against the top with your forehead and look at the lights. The lights will align with your eye, come up close, and blow a light puff of air at your eye. |
Goldmann tonometry
The original method of intraocular pressure measurement and standard for decades. After an eye drop is put in to tint the tears and numb your eye surface, the doctor will touch the tonometer tip to your eye and measure the resistance of deflection of your eye. |
Icare tonometry
The Icare tonometer does not need and eye drops to measure. It is just a gentle touch to the eye surface that feels only like a tickle. |
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