Contact Lenses/Eye Wear News

A 62-year-old Hispanic man presented complaining of progressive deterioration in vision in both eyes with associated photophobia over the last 15 years. He expressed an interest in contact lenses as a form of vision correction because his glasses did not provide him with the required visual acuity necessary for driving a motor vehicle.

Time magazine named Acuvue Oasys with Transitions contact lenses to its “Best Inventions 2018” list.

Johnson & Johnson Vision announced the launch of its MyAcuvue Subscription Program.

SAN ANTONIO – CooperVision continues to unravel why U.S. adoption of silicone hydrogel lenses is lower than in Europe, with practitioners reporting cost as the most common barrier to prescribing.

SAN ANTONIO – The Biofinity Energys contact lens from CooperVision helps address the changing visual needs and digital demands of contact lens wearers, according to Heather Kowalczyk, APR, associate vice president at McDougall Communications, who moderated the CooperVision global professional services roundtable here at the American Academy of Optometry meeting.

SAN ANTONIO – Interim results of a prospective study on the use of the NaturalVue Multifocal daily disposable contact lens in children showed an 80% reduction from their previous rate of myopia progression, according to Thomas Aller, OD, FBCLA, here at the American Academy of Optometry meeting.

SAN ANTONIO – Subjects wearing Johnson & Johnson Vision’s photochromic contact lens performed just as well as and sometimes better than those wearing a non-photochromic contact lens, according to John R. Buch, OD, MS, FAAO, here at the American Academy of Optometry meeting.

SAN ANTONIO – No major analysis has been conducted to evaluate the long-term efficacy of studies on myopia control interventions, Noel A. Brennan, MScOptom, PhD, FAAO, said here at the American Academy of Optometry meeting.

SAN ANTONIO – Researchers found that interaction between contact lenses and the lid wiper region increased staining and that the changes in upper eyelid wiper epitheliopathy width may play more of a role in grade changes than height, according to Eric Ritchey, OD, PhD, FAAO, during a presentation here at the American Academy of Optometry annual meeting.

SAN ANTONIO – Water exposure during contact lens wear is common and associated with increased case contamination, and wearers who participate in water-exposing activities do not perceive the risk involved, Nicole Carnt, BOptom, PhD, FBCLA, FAAO, said during her talk at the American Academy of Optometry annual meeting.