Contact Lenses News

CHICAGO — The American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery announced that it will co-fund and participate in a study on quality of life after LASIK to be conducted jointly with the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the National Eye Institute, the society announced here.

Acada ano, as alergias oculares afetam milhões de pessoas em todo o mundo. As formas mais comuns de conjuntivite alérgica são a sazonal e a perene. Outras formas incluem a queratoconjuntivite vernal, a conjuntivite giganto-papilar e a queratoconjuntivite atópica. Os sintomas compreendem prurido, olhos vermelhos, edema palpebral, lacrimejamento e quemose. Esses sintomas, se persistirem, podem ter um impacto dramático na qualidade de vida do paciente.

Terrence P. O’Brien, Médico: A prevalência de alergia ocular continua a aumentar em uma escala global. Apesar de as alergias oculares não poderem ser curadas, o tratamento alivia os sintomas e ajuda os pacientes a alcançar uma melhor qualidade de vida. Nesta mesa redonda, médicos de todo o mundo estão reunidos hoje para discutir o impacto da alergia a partir de uma perspectiva global. Para estabelecer os alicerces desta discussão, por favor, descreva o mecanismo da reação alérgica na conjuntiva ocular incluindo o contato do alérgeno, a ativação do mastócito e a reação inflamatória.

CHICAGO — In the near future, contact lenses will be used to measure glucose in diabetic patients and IOP in glaucoma patients and to deliver drugs to the eye, according to one speaker here.

CHICAGO — Contact lens wear remains relatively safe, even as cases of infectious keratitis continue to rise, according to a speaker here.

SAN DIEGO — SynergEyes has launched a new hybrid contact lens specifically designed for patients with presbyopia, the company announced.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Vistakon's Acuvue Oasys brand contact lens with Hydraclear Plus is now available for use as a therapeutic bandage contact lens, the company announced in a press release.

MONROVIA, Calif. — STAAR Surgical has received approval from the State Food and Drug Administration of the People's Republic of China to market its Visian Toric Implantable Collamer Lens for treating myopia and astigmatism, according to a press release from the company.

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — Surgeons should consider incorporating refractive lens exchange into their practices as a means of growing their presbyopia-correcting IOL business, according to one cataract and refractive surgeon.

Cyclosporine 0.05% ophthalmic emulsion appears as effective as re-wetting eye drops for treating dry eyes in patients who wear contact lenses, according to a study by researchers in Alabama.