Contact Lenses/Eye Wear News

NEW ORLEANS — Overall vision satisfaction when fitting multifocal contact lenses increases the chances of at-home success and intention to purchase, according to Percy Lazon de la Jara, PhD, director of research programs at CooperVision.

NEW ORLEANS — The optometrist’s relationships with patients are built on trust and value, but part of that is comfort, entrepreneur and TV personality Robert Herjavec said at an Alcon-sponsored event held during Academy ’23.

NEW ORLEANS — Doctors and patients both reported positive experiences with vision and comfort when using the Acuvue Oasys Max 1-Day, according to two posters presented at Academy ’23.

NEW ORLEANS — Several CooperVision-sponsored studies presented at Academy ’23 support the ease of fit and improved vision with newer multifocal contact lens technologies, as well as the approachability of orthokeratology.

NEW ORLEANS — Supporting World Sight Day on Oct. 12 is just one way Optometry Giving Sight fights global blindness due to refractive error, Lois Schoenbrun, FAAO, said at Academy ’23.

NEW ORLEANS — Alcon introduced its recently launched Total30 Multifocal contact lens, a reusable, monthly lens for patients with presbyopia that features the company’s water gradient technology, at Academy ’23.

NEW ORLEANS — Bausch + Lomb’s three-zone progressive optical design successfully transferred from its samfilcon to kalifilcon materials, according to research presented at Academy ’23.

NEW ORLEANS — Modifying retinal contrast with diffusion optics technology lenses slowed spherical equivalent refraction and axial length over 4 years in children with myopia, according to a presenter at Academy ’23.

NEW ORLEANS — The World Council of Optometry has teamed up with WHO to support SPECS 2030, a global effort to increase access to refractive error services.

LAS VEGAS — Eye care providers have a responsibility to explain to parents the risks of progression if their child’s myopia is left untreated, according to panelists at Vision Expo West.