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THE CUSTOMER CONFIRMED THAT THE IOLMASTER 500 PASSED THE DAILY CALIBRATION CHECKS. THE CUSTOMER DID NOT OBSERVE ANY DEVIATIONS IN THE READINGS FOR AXIAL LENGTH, KERATOMETRY, ANTERIOR CHAMBER DEPTH AND WHITE TO WHITE. BASED ON THE SUCCESSFUL DAILY CALIBRATION CHECKS AND THE ACCURATE READINGS CONFIRMED BY THE CUSTOMER, THE MANUFACTURER CONCLUDED THAT THE IOLMASTER 500 WAS WORKING WITHIN SPECIFICATION. THE MANUFACTURER EVALUATED THE PATIENT MEASUREMENT AND IOL CALCULATION PRINTOUTS FROM THE DEVICE. THERE ARE NO LENS CONSTANTS AVAILABLE ON THE ULIB WEBPAGE FOR THE ALCON ARCYSOFT IQ LENS USED. THE MANUFACTURER DETERMINED THAT THE HCP MANUALLY ENTERED THE LENS CONSTANT WITH A LEADING NEGATIVE SIGN FOR THE ALCON ARCYSOFT IQ LENS INTO THE IOLMASTER 500 CAUSING THE REFRACTIVE OUTCOME. THE LENS CONSTANT USED BY THE HCP IS (AMONG OTHER CONSTANTS) A2= -0.204. LENSES SIMILAR TO ARCYSOFT IQ TYPICALLY HAVE A LEADING POSITIVE SIGN FOR THE A2 CONSTANT. THE DIFFERENCE IN THE LEADING SIGN COULD LEAD TO A SIGNIFICANT VARIATION IN THE REFRACTIVE OUTCOME. HOW TO USE THE LENS CONSTANTS IS DESCRIBED IN THE USER MANUAL. FOR EXAMPLE, ON PAGE 25 OF USER MANUAL 000000-1692-983_SWGA_GB_280111, IT IS STATED "ONLY LENS CONSTANTS WHICH HAVE BEEN OPTIMIZED FOR THE IOLMASTER SHOULD BE USED" AND "YOU CAN ENTER YOUR OWN CONSTANTS ON THE BASIS OF EXPERIENCE OR ACCESS THIRD PARTY DATA". ON PAGES 26-30, THE USER MANUAL PROVIDES STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS FOR BOTH OF THESE METHODS.