Lenses View All Lenses

Telling tales of torics

Optician invited contact lens companies to take part in a product round-up and submit a toric lens description to show what’s on the market today

Cantor wins loyalty in specialist CL market

Cantor & Nissel has carved its own niche as a manufacturer of specialist lenses ...

CooperVision: Summit to think about

Fitting wearers with the healthiest contact lens option is what everybody wants ...

Finding your range: multifocal contact lens round-up

Sean Rai-Roche invited contact lens companies to submit their choice of ...

Myopia control: Making an impact

Bill Harvey looks at the results of new data from a trial of the CooperVision ...

Optician Awards 2018: CL Product of the Year

The runaway winner of this year’s Contact Lens Product of the Year category was ...

Sowing the seed for growth

The boss of Japanese contact lens firm SEED paid a visit to Leighton Buzzard ...

Lens waste: Indecent disposal

David Wilson explores how contact lenses slip into sewers and fuel the ...

Linking speciality contact lenses

Contact lens material maker Contamac is looking to educate and inform the ...

Contact lenses: Introducing aloe vera

Elena Ruiz introduces a multipurpose solution for conventional and silicone ...

Making contact lens moulds – how do they do it?

Optician speaks to Nigel Flowers about the process and the importance of ...

Hybrid lenses: The best of both worlds?

Drop out from contact lens wear continues to be a problem so everything that helps patients stay in lenses is worth consideration. Chris Bennett asks if hybrid contact lenses can help by offering the advantages of both hard and soft lenses

The trends in UK contact lens prescribing 2017

Contact lens prescribing

Now in its 22nd year, Professor Philip Morgan reports on the 2017 Eurolens Research survey of UK contact lens prescribing

Interview: George Sarrouf, founder mark’ennovy

Interview: George Sarrouf

Bespoke contact lens manufacturer mark’ennovy celebrated its 20th anniversary in May this year. Jo Gallacher visited the company’s headquarters in Madrid to talk with founder George Sarrouf

Looking at labs: Spanish ‘made to measure’ firm eyes global expansion

An eye on global expansion

With a brand new fleet of robots in the mark’ennovy lab, the contact lens manufacturer is ready to take on new markets overseas. Jo Gallacher reports

Tried and tested: Acuvue Vita

Vita is comfortable and on first wear is hardly perceptible

New daily disposable toric CL for demanding days

New daily disposable toric

A new silicone hydrogel daily disposable toric combines two unique technologies to deliver excellent comfort and clear, stable vision, with a wide parameter range. Benjamin Straker, Giovanna Olivares, Anna Sulley and David Ruston report

CooperVision toric lens expands customer choice

CooperVision toric lens

CooperVision last month launched a new daily contact lens for patients with astigmatism at an exclusive venue in London. Joe Ayling reports

Up close and personal with Ortho K

Ortho K report

Mike Hale reports from a No 7 Contact Lenses event on Ortho K and myopia control held at the London Stadium

How to handle complaints about contact lenses

Love your lens wearers

Richard Edwards gives his view on complaints relating to contact lens wear

Case study: Large spheres, small cylinders

Case study: Multifocal trial

Bill Harvey reports the results when he used the CooperVision app to prescribe contact lenses for a patient who had previously been told she was not suitable for lens wear