Contact Lenses/Eye Wear News

ORLANDO, Fla. – Eyeris co-founder Jeffrey Sonsino, OD, announced the launch of his new proprietary contact lens that will be available exclusively through optometrists’ offices and online by prescription.

ORLANDO, Fla. – “Very low” rates of adverse events were found in an evaluation of 800 patient years of soft contact lens wear among children, according to a poster presented here at the American Academy of Optometry meeting.

ORLANDO, Fla. – The World Health Organization feels challenged and feels a sense of urgency in light of the findings in its World Vision Report, which was shared here at the American Academy of Optometry meeting by Alarcos Cieza, MSc, MPH, PhD, coordinator of WHO Blindness and Deafness Prevention, Disability and Rehabilitation.

Tangible Science announced the rollout of Unity BioSync, daily disposable contact lenses co-developed with VSP Optics.

Eye care is often neglected in this age of convenience, and as health tech start-ups pursue direct-to-consumer models, the role of eye doctors and eye health is being deprioritized, according to a white paper recently released by Sightbox.

It is often assumed that contact lens intolerance is an unavoidable consequence of aging, and that patients will drop out of contact lens wear as they become older. In many cases, however, contact lens wearers are able to sustain successful wear well into older age — if underlying ocular surface disease is appropriately addressed.

Millions of people worldwide suffer from debilitating conditions that impair their vision and require them to wear specialty contact lenses. Unfortunately, there are times when these custom devices may not work.

Presbyopia is on the rise as our world’s population matures. By next year, the worldwide prevalence is expected to be 1.37 billion (Fricke et al.). As this represents 1,800 presbyopes for each optometrist, it is likely that presbyopic patients will make up a significant part of your practice over the next decade and beyond.

A day rarely goes by without a development in the contact lens arena. Whether it is a new product, a different way to provide patients with lenses, a call for education, patient protection measures or a paradigm shift, there is always something new for contact lens prescribers to consider incorporating into their practices to provide better care.

Members of the ophthalmic industry have joined to support and recognize World Sight Day, which is officially commemorated on Oct. 10 this year.