Contact Lenses/Eye Wear News

BOSTON – Researchers concluded that contact lenses made of samfilcon A may help practitioners improve the contact lens experience for their patients who use digital devices and report dry eye.

BOSTON – Representatives from the AOA’s federal legislative and third party committees updated the House of Delegates on their successes and challenges here at Optometry’s Meeting.

BOSTON – VSP notified the American Optometric Association that it will postpone the implementation of a plan to require doctors to purchase a set amount of its company frames to maintain reimbursements for non-VSP frames.

BOSTON – Attacks on the profession are coming from different places than in the past, outgoing American Optometric Association President Steven A. Loomis, OD, told the House of Delegates here at Optometry’s Meeting.

BOSTON – CooperVision announced the launch of Biofinity Energys with Digital Zone Optics, specifically created for digital device users.

BOSTON – Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Inc. launched Acuvue Vita, a silicone hydrogel contact lens made of a new material, senofilcon C, and designed for daily wear with replacement every 30 days.

BOSTON – Do not limit your treatment decisions by approved indications, Marc R. Bloomenstein, OD, said here at Optometry’s Meeting.

BOSTON – Optometry’s Meeting attendance is up, the educational offerings are popular and exhibitor support has grown, Jon Hymes, AOA executive director, told the AOA House of Delegates.

The mucocutaneous junction has an effect on comfort upon insertion, comfort after 5 minutes, end-of-day comfort and ability to obtain ocular moisture in contact lens wearers, according to a study in Optometry and Vision Science.

The American Optometric Association is educating consumers on the risks and limitations of online vision tests that claim to offer refractive eye tests and issue prescriptions for glasses and contact lenses.