Over the last few years, there has been a shift towards daily disposable contact lens prescribing and with the comfort, vision quality and convenience of this modality, it is clear that this trend is set to continue.
In this surgical video, Drs. Shu Feng and colleagues demonstrate rotation of a toric IOL.
Learn about the procedureBefore undergoing cataract surgery, it’s helpful to know the details of the procedure so you will know what to expect.After receiving a local anesthetic, such as a sedative, topical anesthetic or injections around the eye, your cataract surgeon will begin removing your clouded lens. They will use a technology known as phacoemulsification, a modern surgical technique that uses high-energy sound waves to break…
If you’re a contact lens wearer, you’re in good company–over 24 million people wear contacts in the United States alone. But have you ever wondered how those little circles of plastic actually improve your vision? Read on to take a closer look at contact lenses
How The Eye Works
To understand how contact lenses work, it’s important to know a little about how the eye works. When light reflects off an object, it passes through the cornea (the transparent covering of the eye)…
“Toric lens” is a phrase that’s known mostly among eyecare professionals. As a patient, however,
If you have astigmatism and are looking to be fit with contacts, chances are your eye doctor will prescribe toric contact lenses.
Cynthia Matossian, MD, Doylestown, Pa., discusses the clinical applications of a new accommodating lower dioptric power toric IOL.
A patient from Marietta Eye Clinic discusses her cataract surgery, performed by Dr. Andre Cohen. Due to having a large amount of astigmatism, it was decided ...
Global contact lens manufacturer, CooperVision, has celebrated the official launch of MyDay toric, a silicone hydrogel contact lens for patients with astigmatism (10 May).
Alcon has received FDA approval for the AcrySof IQ ReSTOR +2.5 multifocal toric IOL with ActiveFocus, designed to correct astigmatism and presbyopia during cataract surgery.
Contact lenses are medical devices, and should be treated with care. If they pick up any dirt, they could transfer bacteria to your eye and cause a serious infection. If you drop your contacts or if they make your eyes itch constantly, do...
By David Rips, President, Younger Optics
Drivewear lenses provide glare protection through polarization and enhance and protect vision through photochromics, which respond to both visible and UV light. Combining the strengths of two of the most important technologies in sunwear today provides wearers a lens for tomorrow...
First, what is Presbyopia? Presbyopia is the normal loss of ability to focus clearly on near objects that comes with age. Traditionally, people have to wear conventional bifocals with visible lines across the lenses that broadcast your age, but with progressive lenses, this is no longer the case. Progressive lenses, also known as progressive addition …
At what age should children start wearing contacts?
How it Works - Contact lenses: The retina and iris are as unique as our fingerprints. Thats why the making of of contact lenses is a very compley process.
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ISTANBUL — Results of a multicenter, prospective study showed that the new bi-toric trifocal AT LISA 939MP from Carl Zeiss Meditec effectively corrects presbyopia and astigmatism after cataract and refractive lens exchange.
Three centers connected with the International Vision Correction Research Centre of Heidelberg University, Germany, participated in the study.
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We look at how far the contact lens industry has come over the alst two decades and where it may be heading