The Duette Multifocal hybrid contact lens by SynergEyes will be available nationwide soon, with the rollout beginning this month. The company says the Duette Multifocal is the first silicone hydrogel hybrid contact lens designed just for people with presbyopia. Read more…
CooperVision announced the U.S. launch of its new Biofinity Multifocal contact lenses.
Biofinity Multifocal is the latest addition to the Biofinity family of monthly replacement silicone hydrogel contact lenses, made of a material that is soft, moist and resistant to dehydration and protein deposits, according to the company. Read more…
Biofinity Multifocal will be introduced in the United States in June, reported a CooperVision representative at the Contact Lens Society of America meeting held last week in Austin. Biofinity is a family of silicone hydrogel lenses that currently includes a toric version for astigmatism.
The Biofinity Multifocal lens is designed to enable adult contact lens wearers with presbyopia to see clearly at all distances without reading glasses and enjoy all-day wearing comfort, according to CooperVision.
Biofinity Multifocal will be the first product to feature CooperVision’s new logo and product packaging, said the company.
Contact lens wearers who reach “bifocal age” have several options to deal with the normal age-related loss of near vision caused by presbyopia. These include: 1) wearing reading glasses over their contacts; 2) wearing monovision contacts; and 3) wearing multifocal contact lenses.
According to a recent report published in the journal Contact Lens Spectrum, more aging contact lens wearers than ever are choosing option 3: being fitted with multifocal contacts. Read more…
Though visual acuity testing with an eye chart is the hallmark of vision testing during routine eye exams, it may not be the best way to evaluate the performance of bifocal contact lenses, according to an international expert.
Instead, Eric Papas, PhD, says many researchers have turned to occupation-based tasks and other “real-world” activities to evaluate the performance of monovision and multifocal contacts for the correction of presbyopia. Read more…
Air Optix Aqua Multifocal contact lenses are the fastest growing multifocal contact lenses in the United States, according to CIBA Vision (Duluth, Ga.), the company that manufactures the lenses.
The market share of Air Optix Aqua Multifocals within the multifocal soft lens category grew from 2.5 percent in 2009 to 23.3 percent in 2010, the company says in a recent press release. Read more…
Older adults who wear multifocal contact lenses or monovision contacts to correct presbyopia may have greater difficulty driving at night than when wearing eyeglasses, according to a new study.
In an article published in Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, researchers in Australia investigated the effect of a variety of methods of presbyopic vision correction on the night driving performance of 11 subjects between the ages of 45 to 64 years. Read more…
Safigel's new hyaluronate-gel contact lenses have received FDA approval.
Company promotional material says the lens “replenishes the pre- and post-lens tear film, maximizing lens comfort throughout the longest wearing times.” Read more…
“Any contact lens you want. Anywhere in the world.”
This is the promise that CooperVision and Armed Forces Eyewear are making to members of the U.S. military on a new website at ArmedForcesContactLenses.com. (Armed Forces Eyewear is a service mark of Frames Direct, an online eyewear retailer.)
The site contains patient information about CooperVision’s portfolio of contact lenses, as well as rebate and free trial offers. Read more…
This week, Unilens Vision Inc. (Largo, Fla.) launched C-VUE Advanced Toric Multifocal contact lenses. These specialty lenses correct both astigmatism and presbyopia.
According to the 1999-2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), approximately 36 percent of Americans ages 20 and older have astigmatism. Presbyopia is an age-related vision problem that affects virtually everyone some time after age 40.
Eye doctors can customize the new C-VUE Advanced Toric Multifocal lenses for their patients by specifying astigmatic and multifocal powers, multifocal zone size, lens diameter, base curve and more. The monthly disposable contact lenses also feature advanced hydration properties for all-day comfort, according to the company.
Unilens Vision Inc. offers a free trial program and a 120-day performance guarantee. The lenses are available exclusively from independent eye care professionals. Read more at www.unilens.com.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham is taking part in a premarket research study of new contact lenses. The research team is evaluating contacts designed for people with presbyopia — an inescapable, age-related condition that causes a loss of near vision after age 40.
In addition to correcting presbyopia, the lenses are made of a “super breathable contact lens material and are much healthier for the eye,” says Dr. Adam Gordon, associate professor and director of the Cornea Contact Lens Clinic at the University.
Gordon says the new multifocal contact lenses will “revolutionize the way people see and encourage the evolution of contacts away from monovision lenses.”
He says that while patients who wish to wear multifocal contacts should understand the limitations of these lenses, he believes the new lenses being studied will be an “improvement in both vision and comfort” for contact lens wearers with presbyopia.
For the first time in 11 years, Acuvue has released a new brand of multifocal contact lenses for presbyopia, an age-related condition that typically develops at age 40 that causes blurred near vision.
Acuvue Oasys for Presbyopia provides “clear and comfortable vision correction at all distances,” reports manufacturer Vistakon. The contact lenses are designed with improved Stereo Precision Technology optics to provide a smooth prescriptive-power transition for balanced near and distance vision.
The lenses use a “new generation” silicone hydrogel material with Hydraclear Plus, a special wetting agent designed to keep the lenses moist and comfortable for all-day wear. Acuvue Oasys for Presbyopia also blocks more than 96 percent of UVA rays and 99 percent of UVB rays.
It is estimated that 90 million people in the United States will have or develop presbyopia by 2014, creating a high demand for options to deal with their failing near vision. Presbyopes can read more information and get a free trial certificate at www.acuvue.com/products-acuvue-oasys-for-presbyopia.htm. A professional exam from an eye doctor is required.
