Optics News

Astigmatic contact lens wear poses two key challenges: comfort and stability of vision.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The World Council of Optometry is supporting its stance that myopia management is standard of care by promoting a global educational resource, according to council leadership at Optometry’s Meeting.

CooperVision has announced the U.S. launch of its new Clariti Daily Multifocal 3 Add contact lenses, designed to provide all-day comfort, ease of fit and optimal visual acuity at all distances for all levels of presbyopia.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Wave-guided optics application technology may now help patients with keratoconus, according to a speaker at Optometry’s Meeting.

Digital health company Luminopia Inc. announced real-world data from the Patients Using Prescription Luminopia Registry, which demonstrated the efficacy of its binocular, virtual reality-based medical device for children with amblyopia.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The American Optometric Association and CooperVision announced the 60 inaugural “change agents” who will lead the Myopia Collective, an initiative that advocates for comprehensive treatment for myopia.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Treatment should be offered to all children with myopia, even in its early stages, according to a corporate executive at Optometry’s Meeting.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Successful multifocal contact lens fitting starts with a good refraction, an industry executive said here at Optometry’s Meeting.

Diplopia should raise clinician suspicion for giant cell arteritis when associated with cephalic symptoms and prompt the use of corticosteroids to prevent ocular ischemic complications, according to researchers.

The FDA cleared the LFR-260, a light field powered subjective tele-refractor, Evolution Optiks announced in a press release.