Measure Your Eye Pressure In The Supine Position; Errors During The Measurement - Icare HOME2 Instruction Manual

8.6

Measure your eye pressure in the supine position

Before measuring, lie down (supine position) for a moment.
1. Take a comfortable position on your back with a pillow behind your
neck. Look straight ahead.
Avoid bending your head and neck backwards.
2. Place the tonometer at a 90 degrees angle on your face and take the
measurement as as instructed in 8.5 Measure your eye pressure.
NOTE! Before measuring, the forehead and cheek supports may need to be adjusted to be
slightly shorter.
3. After a successful measurement, press the Measure button
Repeat the measurement on your other eye.
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8.7

Errors during the measurement

Screen
once.
Press to acknowledge the error and to continue measuring.
Text Sound Description
TOO FAR 3 long The measurement
beeps was taken too
far from the eye.
The probe did not
touch the eye.
TOO NEAR 5 short The measurement
beeps was taken too
close to the eye.
INCORRECT 2 short The probe was not
ALIGNMENT beeps perpendicular to
the cornea or the
probe hit an eyelid
or eyelashes.
REPEAT 2 short The probe did not
beeps move properly or
did not make a
clean contact with
the cornea.
CHANGE 2 short The probe did not
beeps move.
DETECTION 2 short The eye side could
ERROR beeps not be detected
automatically.
REPEAT 2 short The variation in the
beeps measurements was
too high.
Actions
Press the Measure
button once
to acknowledge
the error. Turn the
supports clockwise
until the probe is
about 5 mm from
your eye and you see
a green light ring.
Press the Measure
button once
to acknowledge
the error. Turn
the supports
counterclockwise until
the probe is about
5 mm from your eye.
Press the Measure
button once to
acknowledge the
error. Position the
tonometer so that
the probe points
perpendicularly to
the center of your
eye. Keep your eye
properly open.
Press the Measure
button once to
acknowledge the
error. Measure again
or change the probe.
Press the Measure
button once to
acknowledge the
error. Change to a new
probe.
Press , then press
until the correct
eye is shown on the
display. Press ,
or press the return
button to cancel the
measurement.
Press the Measure
button once to
acknowledge the
error. Repeat the
measurement.
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