Contact Lenses/Eye Wear News

A 43-year-old white female had a chief complaint of photophobia with headache on the left side of her head. She also described “funny” vision and a sense of being “off balance” as well as minimal cosmetic concerns.

Alcon announced its continued support of the Think About Your Eyes national public awareness campaign with a donation of $2 million, totaling $4 million since 2014, according to a press release from the company.

Research funded by the National Eye Institute and National Institutes of Health Director’s New Innovator Award is exploring a contact lens that adjusts focus automatically, within milliseconds, according to a press release from the NIH.

Researchers determined that the addition of polyvinyl pyrrolidone or pigments to etafilcon A to obtain a limbal ring design have no impact on corneal swelling or limbal/bulbar hyperemia during normal open-eye wear.

In the last 5 years, we have seen the blue light conversation move from nonexistent to fringe to mainstream. Opening any of our industry journals now reveals multiple articles and product ads centered on protecting patients from the dangers of blue light.

The American Optometric Association filed a complaint with the FDA that calls for enforcement action to remove Opternative from the market until it can be shown to meet all appropriate federal requirements for medical devices under the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, according to a press release from the association.

Researchers propose that inducing greater degrees of myopic defocus onto the peripheral retina, more than habitually experienced, may be needed for effective myopia control, according to a study in Optometry and Vision Science.

In the CONTROL study, distance center bifocal contact lenses offered greater control over myopia progression and axial elongation compared to many published results with multifocal spectacles, according to Thomas A. Aller, OD, and colleagues in Optometry and Vision Science.

In older adults, researchers discovered that increasing gaze position farther ahead from stepping locations and the presence of blur negatively impact the stepping accuracy.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a second patent to Myolite Inc., a Florida-based company working to reduce the incidence of myopia and regulate its progression through the use of protective lighting systems.