"Smart" lenses hold commercial potential
Researchers at the are investigating a liquid lens design that automatically adapts to environme...Artificial lenses- Boon to cataract patients
A lens implant that can change focus like a natural lens promises to make cataract patients’ eyesight almost as good as it was when they were young.The device, which is being developed by Jin-Hui Shen, an ophthalmologist at Vanderbilt University’s School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee, contains six overlapping lenses.// As the muscles in the eye relax, the overlap increases, allow...Contact Lenses Found To Slow Progression Of Myopia in Kids
Children who wear rigid gas permeable ( RGP ) contact lenses can minimize the chances their myopia will worsen over time// say researchers according to a recent study . More than 100 children ages 8 years to 11 for about three years. About half the group wore RGP lenses, and the other half wore soft contact lenses. Kids who wore the RGPs generally needed about two weeks to adapt to the l...Reduce eye infection through new-age contact lenses
It is possible to reduce eye infections like keratitis by wearing the latest silicone hydro gel lenses for longer hours, reports British Journal// of Ophthalmology. Scientists showed that study done on contact lens wearers for daily wear or extended wear contact lenses have varied results on the incidence of non-severe keratitis and severe keratitis. The researchers had observed conta...Contact Lenses Implicated in Fungal Infections
There has been a spurt of fungal infections in contact lens wearers and this week has seen three cases being reported as against the seven reported last month. //This takes the overall cases since May last year to 22. All patients have suffered corneal infections and the Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC) has treated 19 such cases. Almost all patients used Bausch and Lomb's (B&L) ReNu...Laser Surgery Safer Than Contact Lenses?
Contact lenses were assumed to be safer to use than laser surgery to correct vision impairment over the past years. However this view //is being contested by a physician William Mathers, M.D from Health & Science University Casey Eye Institute, Oregon who has been comparing data from many recent studies who feels the results substantiate that this belief could be false. Dr Mathers,...34670x Bagolini's Striated Lenses Pair
Description:Bagolini's striated lenses consists of 2 circular lenses in a metal frame with tabs for use by the examiner....A PAIR OF BANGOLINI LENSES No. 2
Description:A finely parallel striated (scratched) clear plastic membrane encapsulated between glass plates....BANGOLINI LENSES Nos. 2 and 4 IN CASE
Description:A finely parallel striated (scratched) clear plastic membrane encapsulated between glass plates....A PAIR OF BANGOLINI LENSES No. 4
Description:A finely parallel striated (scratched) clear plastic membrane encapsulated between glass plates....Khosla Mini Non-Illuminated Trial Lens Set, With Lenses Mounted
Description:Khosla Mini Non-Illuminated Trial Lens Set, With Lenses Mounted...