Optics News

Thomas Aller, OD, announced the release of Myappia, a smartphone app for the myopia control field.

CooperVision introduced MyDay toric daily disposable contact lenses, which combine the design features of the Biofinity toric with “smart silicone” chemistry.

CHICAGO – Blue light-filtering spectacle lenses were found to help regulate melatonin levels and may be used in certain populations to lessen the effects of light exposure at night, researchers reported here at the American Academy of Optometry meeting.

Study results from the Brien Holden Vision Institute suggest that if a multifocal contact lens wearer is not satisfied with the lenses at fitting, they are unlikely to be satisfied after the trial period.

Implantation of a multifocal IOL in myopic eyes that had previously undergone laser refractive surgery resulted in good visual acuity and refractive results in a study.

RightEye LLC will collaborate with Tobii to create new hardware solutions for vision tests and training games for customers in vision, health care and sports markets.

Soft contact lens manufacturer CooperVision announced Dec. 1 that it acquired Paragon Vision Sciences, maker of orthokeratology and specialty contact lenses and gas permeable materials.

NEPTUNE, N.J. – SUNY student Kristen Stuart shared her research on pupillary light response here at the New Jersey Academy of Optometry fall dinner meeting. She said that the pupil recovery time when exposed to light was significantly longer in myopes when compared to emmetropes.

The combination of OCT and OCT angiography showed that multiple sclerosis is associated with retinal structural loss and decreased optic nerve head perfusion in eyes with and without a history of optic neuritis.

NEPTUNE, N.J. – Here at the New Jersey Academy of Optometry fall dinner meeting, Mark Hakim, OD, shared a case report of a patient who was unable to comprehend written words and sentences as a result of a stroke. With the use of the KNFB Reader App from the National Federation of the Blind, the patient is now able to read his mail by taking a picture of it, Hakim said.