Eyeglass

The European Commission cleared EssilorLuxottica’s acquisition of GrandVision, and EssilorLuxottica entered into an agreement to acquire U.S.-based lab network Walman, the company announced in separate press releases.

Facebook announced at its virtual conference “a multiyear collaboration” with EssilorLuxottica to develop smart glasses that integrate social and lens technologies with leading fashion brands.

Zeiss Vision Care US announced the launch of UVClean to ease compliance with hygiene protocols in the optical dispensary.

In a cohort of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in Suizhou, China, the proportion of those infected who were daily eyeglass wearers was lower than the general population.

NuEyes has partnered with ThirdEye to introduce the Pro 2 lightweight X2 MR Glasses for patients who have experienced visual impairment uncorrectable by traditional methods.

North’s Focals smart glasses can now be purchased online in North America through the new Focals Showroom app.

North’s Focals smart glasses can now be purchased online in North America through the new Focals Showroom app.

ORLANDO, Fla. – The majority of subjects in a study involving Acuvue Oasys with Transitions Lenses and spectacle lenses said they wanted to continue wearing the contacts as some form of their vision correction, according to John R. Buch, OD, MS, FAAO, from Johnson & Johnson Vision.

SightGlass Vision Inc. is conducting a 3-year clinical trial of novel spectacle lenses to reduce myopia progression in children, according to a poster presented at the International Myopia Conference in Tokyo.

In the cover story of this issue of Ocular Surgery News, we explore the value of OCT scanning in preoperative cataract surgery evaluation. Indeed a useful tool, OCT allows us to see subclinical epiretinal membranes and other disease that can foil our expected surgical outcomes.