Contact Lenses

University of Waterloo unveils chairside 3D-printed contacts, delivering custom-fit lenses in 20 minutes—potentially cutting weeks of trial fittings for irregular corneas.

NEI-funded US trial compares HALT MAX lenses, 0.05% atropine, and combination therapy to slow childhood myopia and axial elongation.

The meeting featured advances in contact lens technology, evolving approaches to keratoconus management, and new insights into dry eye disease treatment.

A summary of major FDA approvals and CRLs in eye care from the first half of 2026.

Choosing the right patients for soft lenses, orthokeratology, and spectacle lenses has long-lasting effects on the vision health of those with myopia.

Clinical trial data support the Deseyne contact lens, the first FDA-designated EDOF soft contact lens, as a new daily disposable option for presbyopia.

A Johnson & Johnson Vision poster found a novel multifocal toric daily disposable contact lens delivered visual acuity within 1 letter and comparable fitting success to an existing nontoric multifocal lens, extending coverage to presbyopes with up to 1.75D astigmatism.

Mark Wells, OD, weighs in on the new parameter range expected for the Acuvue Oasys 1-Day for Astigmatism lens.

Expanded astigmatism parameters are expected for PRECISION1, PRECISION7, and TOTAL30 contact lenses.

The company said the expanded portfolio will be available in the US and Canada this summer.

The investment will expand ACUVUE contact lens manufacturing and distribution in Jacksonville, improving supply chain stability for optometrists by 2028.

The lens is scheduled to become available in the US in fall 2026.

Daniel C. Brocks, MD, BostonSight chief medical officer, discusses a few of the company's studies, the patients they serve, and what the broader eye care community may be missing.

Mile Brujic, OD, FAAO, details his experience in manufacturing his new ScleralEase device and what other ODs can learn from his experience.

The device, described in a new study, uses a technique called temporal interference-based transcorneal electrical stimulation, or TI-TES.

Mile Brujic, OD, FAAO, provides insight into the intellectual conception of the patent-pending tool and the manufacturing process.

Regina Morales-Reyes details her poster presentation titled "Ten-Year Change in Contact Lens Use Prevalence and Its Determinants in University Students: A Comparison of 2015 and 2025 Cohorts."

An ophthalmology resident reflects on the risky business of tap water–rinsed contacts and cases.

The company has collected and recycled 119,715,074 units, or 724,922 pounds, of used contact lenses and eye care materials in the US.

BostonSight SCLERAL now offers a complete diameter range from 14.5mm to 19.0mm.

Eye care providers took on dry eye, pediatric eye care, contact lens wear, and more.

Erin Rueff, OD, PhD, FAAO, DipAAO, stated that the expanded parameters are set to launch on the lens's 10-year anniversary.

Andrew Bruce LDO, ABOM, NCLEM, FCLSA, and Mark Schaeffer, OD, FAAO, argue that patients should see the bigger picture beyond the contact lens renewal fee.

Andrew Bruce LDO, ABOM, NCLEM, FCLSA, and Mark Schaeffer, OD, FAAO, outline the nuances of proactive contact lens conversations with patients.