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Ocutech Receives 2ND Annual Sam Walters Memorial Award
Ocutech, the developer and manufacturer of the hi-tech VES bioptic, spectacle mounted telescope systems, designed for the visually impaired, received the “2nd Annual Sam Walters Memorial Award for Outstanding Creativity and Innovation in the Design, Manufacture and Delivery of Low Vision Technology.”
Established in 2002, the Sam Walters Memorial Award is named in memory of the founder of S. Walters Inc, supplier of low vision optical products. The Low Vision Council presented the award to Ocutech on June 21, 2003 during the American Optometric Association meeting, held in San Diego, California.
Ocutech remains very active in the research and development of innovative devices to enhance the lives of the visually impaired. Combining optics, electronics and ingenuity, Ocutech has developed devices that make magnification easier and more natural to use. The Sam Walters Award specifically acknowledged Ocutech’s breakthrough VES- Autofocus Telescope, the world’s first and only self-focusing bioptic telescope for the visually impaired.
