Contact Lenses/Eye Wear News

NEW ORLEANS — Several CooperVision-sponsored studies presented at Academy ’23 support the ease of fit and improved vision with newer multifocal contact lens technologies, as well as the approachability of orthokeratology.

NEW ORLEANS — Supporting World Sight Day on Oct. 12 is just one way Optometry Giving Sight fights global blindness due to refractive error, Lois Schoenbrun, FAAO, said at Academy ’23.

NEW ORLEANS — Alcon introduced its recently launched Total30 Multifocal contact lens, a reusable, monthly lens for patients with presbyopia that features the company’s water gradient technology, at Academy ’23.

NEW ORLEANS — Bausch + Lomb’s three-zone progressive optical design successfully transferred from its samfilcon to kalifilcon materials, according to research presented at Academy ’23.

NEW ORLEANS — Modifying retinal contrast with diffusion optics technology lenses slowed spherical equivalent refraction and axial length over 4 years in children with myopia, according to a presenter at Academy ’23.

NEW ORLEANS — The World Council of Optometry has teamed up with WHO to support SPECS 2030, a global effort to increase access to refractive error services.

LAS VEGAS — Eye care providers have a responsibility to explain to parents the risks of progression if their child’s myopia is left untreated, according to panelists at Vision Expo West.

LAS VEGAS — The Contact Lens Institute and the Vision Council previewed new research at Vision Expo West that illustrates the importance of a multifactorial approach to create and maintain a positive contact lens culture in practice.

LAS VEGAS — Zenni Optical has announced a partnership with Meta to provide prescription lens inserts for the just-launched Meta Quest 3 virtual reality headset.

LAS VEGAS — Contact lenses of the future will go beyond vision correction, a speaker from the Vision Expo West Global Contact Lens Forum said in this Healio video.