Contact Lenses/Eye Wear News

Healio.com/Optometry reported on a number of developments in the spectacle and contact lens category just in the past week.

Eyenavision Inc. announced the release of its Chemistrie Blue computer lens layer designed for computer, tablet and smart phone users to reduce the transmission of violet-blue light. The lens layer attaches magnetically to any pair of glasses using the patented Chemistrie magnetic system, according to the press release.

Alcon has entered into an agreement with a division of Google to in-license its smart lens technology for all ocular medical uses, according to an Alcon press release.

Hoya has signed a multiple-year contract with i-Optics to provide opticians access to EasyScan 3-minute eye care test services.

The Vision Council is reporting that U.S. economic growth is filtering through to eye wear consumers.

Researchers recently reported in Optometry & Vision Science that they identified an effective method of quantifying the topographical characteristics of the corneoscleral junction.

Laura Angelini, president of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Inc. – North America, announced in a letter to eye care professionals June 24 that the company planned to institute a new pricing strategy in the U.S.

Essilor of America announced Monday that it has been awarded with Good Housekeeping's Seal for its Crizal No-Glare lens product portfolio.

PHILADELPHIA – The leading cause of contact lens dropout is discomfort, cited by – according to some studies – up to half of wearers, according to Thomas Quinn, OD, MS, in a presentation at Optometry's Meeting.

PHILADELPHIA – Scleral lenses that correct for higher-order aberrations may provide the best possible vision for patients with keratoconus, Muriel M. Schornack, OD, FAAO, reported in a poster here at Optometry’s Meeting.