Contact Lenses/Eye Wear News

ORLANDO, Fla. — John D. Gelles, OD, FIAO, FCLSA, FSLS, said best corrected spectacle acuity is a great metric for determining what type of contact lens to select for a patient with keratoconus.

Bausch + Lomb has partnered with TerraCycle to donate custom training modules made from recycled contact lenses to the Guide Dog Foundation.

ORLANDO, Fla. – The prevalence of myopia is estimated at 33% in the U.S., 40% in Europe and 80% in Asia, but an increase is expected to occur with economic development, urbanization and increased rates of education in the developing world, according to Donald O. Mutti, OD, PhD.

ORLANDO, Fla. – The majority of subjects in a study involving Acuvue Oasys with Transitions Lenses and spectacle lenses said they wanted to continue wearing the contacts as some form of their vision correction, according to John R. Buch, OD, MS, FAAO, from Johnson & Johnson Vision.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Alcon is in the first phases of the launch of Precision1 daily disposable contact lenses, Sean Clark, general manager of the U.S. Vision Care business for Alcon, said here at the American Academy of Optometry meeting.

ORLANDO, Fla. – SightGlass Vision chief medical officer, Joe Rappon, OD, MS, FAAO, traced the development of the company’s spectacle lens technology to control myopia progression in a poster here at the American Academy of Optometry meeting and World Congress of Optometry.

ORLANDO, Fla. – An ongoing phase 3 U.S. study is evaluating epi-on, oxygen-enhanced corneal cross-linking, Clark Chang, OD, MSA, MSc, FAAO, said here at the American Academy of Optometry meeting.

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.