Contact Lenses News

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Bausch + Lomb has introduced a monthly contact lens for reducing spherical aberration across the entirety of the power spectrum, according to a company press release.

Location, journey time and vision technician treatment were all key factors in patient satisfaction at vision centers in India, according to a recent study.

ST. LOUIS — More than half of optometrists introduce soft contact lenses to children between the ages of 10 and 12 years, according to a press release from the American Optometric Association.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Vistakon has launched its Acuvue Advance Plus brand contact lenses with Hydraclear technology, the company announced in a press release.

ABBOTT PARK, Ill. — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted market clearance to Abbott Medical Optics for its RevitaLens Ocutec multipurpose disinfecting solution for silicone hydrogel and conventional soft contact lenses, AMO announced.

Menicon Z rigid gas-permeable contact lenses can be worn safely for at least 22 days with no incidence of microbial keratitis, according to a study.

CARLSBAD, Calif. — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved SynergEyes' next-generation silicone hydrogel hybrid contact lenses for correcting hyperopic, myopic and astigmatic refractive error, including presbyopia, in aphakic and non-aphakic eyes, the company announced in a press release.

Johnson & Johnson Vision Care has instituted a voluntary recall of 13 affected lots of its 1-Day Acuvue TruEye brand contact lenses, according to a press release from the Health Sciences Authority in Singapore, which is overseeing the recall.

Emergency department visits for medical device-associated adverse events in children are most commonly caused by contact lenses, a study found.

A high incidence of ulcerative keratitis in Northern California may be attributed to increasing contact lens wear among a large study population, according to a study.