Contact Lenses/Eye Wear News

NEW YORK – Transitions Optical introduced an online tool that enables patients to experience vision seen through Transitions lenses, here at Vision Expo East.

NEW YORK – Executives from Sauflon and Vision Source announced at a joint press conference here at Vision Expo East that the contact lens manufacturer has introduced a portfolio of daily disposable silicone hydrogel contact lenses through the network of privately practicing optometrists.

NEW YORK – With the increased use of mobile phones, iPads, tablets and compact fluorescent and LED light bulbs, exposure to high-energy blue light is commonplace. Here at Vision Expo East, a panel of experts detailed the risks of this exposure and ways to reduce it.

NEW YORK – Shamir announced new products including an eye care practice tool at its press conference today at Vision Expo East.

NEW YORK – One-third of the population is presbyopic, Mile Brujic, OD, and Dave Kading, OD, FAAO, said, and optometrists have tools with which to preserve vision and improve comfort in contact lens wear.

NEW YORK – Essilor shared its latest news on its nonprofit arm, Essilor Vision Foundation, its continuing education offerings and the company’s direct-to-consumer rebate plan here at a press conference held during Vision Expo East.

NEW YORK – The contact lenses of the future will go far beyond the correction of refractive error, according to a speaker here at the Global Contact Lens Forum, held prior to Vision Expo East.

NEW YORK – In response to past outbreaks of Fusarium and Acanthamoeba in contact lens wearers, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has developed a website designed to promote healthy contact lens wear, according to a speaker here at the Global Contact Lens Forum held prior to Vision Expo East.

NEW YORK – “The biggest single demand is for a good silicone hydrogel multifocal daily disposable, Nicholas J. Rumney, OD, told attendees here at the Global Contact Lens Forum, held prior to Vision Expo East.

Luxottica announced a partnership with Google to develop and engineer Glass products with high-fashion brands such as Ray-Ban and Oakley.