Optics News

ORLANDO, Fla. — Results from a study involving 4,000 children showed that spending at least 2 hours a day outside decreases axial length and that more than 1 hour a day of near work increases it.

AMSTERDAM — An iPhone coupled to the surgical microscope via a simple afocal adapter can produce high-quality surgical videos with the additional benefit of sound recording  and video editing, according to one speaker at the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting here. 

LAS VEGAS – ClearVision Optical hosted a panel discussion on the potential of 3D printing in the optical industry here at Vision Expo West.

Abbott has completed its entry into the femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery market with the completion of its acquisition of OptiMedica, the company said in a news release.

WARSAW, Poland — Anterior segment optical coherence tomography showed high predictive value in evaluating graft adherence status and may facilitate decision making regarding surgical re-intervention after Descemet’s membrane endothelial keratoplasty.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared the iCam non-mydriatic compact fundus camera from Optovue, according to a company news release.

The Lenstar LS900 optical biometer from Haag-Streit now includes the Masket and Modified Masket IOL calculation formulas following software update version 5.0, according to a company news release.

Optovue has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a normative database that functions as a clinical reference for the iVue spectral-domain optical coherence tomography system, according to a company news release.

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — Optic nerve head microcirculation is reduced in glaucoma patients, a speaker said here.

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — Optic nerve head microcirculation is reduced in glaucoma patients, a speaker said here.