Norville: Vista-Mesh
Norville’s Vista-Mesh lens is said to give significant and welcoming relief to patients with more sensitive vision systems and whose lives are affected by several electronic device-related afflictions. With features such as a 90% light transmittance factor brown contrast filter, hard multilayer anti-reflection coating, UV385 cut-off and a unique optical ‘mesh’ filter, this lens is said to offer benefits by aligning scattered light reflections, dampening flicker, a sharpening contrast and reducing eye strain.
Caledonian Optical: HDSV Drive 2.0
HDSV Drive 2.0 from Caledonian Optical is said to be a digital single vision solution with specific enhancements to improve vision when driving, while also delivering exceptional clarity in general use. This is due to the incorporation of the Digital Ray Path 2 surface calculation, which is used in all designs.
In dim illumination, the refractive properties of the eye change; pupil size increases, which leads to an increase in defocus. This can create a shift towards myopia, which Caledonian addresses with the HDSV Drive 2.0 through the incorporation of -0.25DS 5mm above the fitting cross. The company’s research with professional drivers has shown that this results in sharper vision and improved comfort when driving in reduced illumination. With the onset of autumn, the HDSV Drive 2.0 is said to be the ideal solution to offer your single vision patients in order to provide added comfort for night driving.
Lab3Sixty: Opus
While many progressive lens designs concentrate on controlling unwanted astigmatism, Opus progressive lenses from Lab3Sixty take this a step further by also considering the mean power error, providing even wider fields and a significant reduction in swim effect. Opus is a lens that is said to be adapted to the wearer with minimum effort required to see clearly and comfortably in both static and dynamic vision.
The Opus design is calculated using DRP 2 technology, which considers the wearer’s accommodation to further reduce aberrations, ensuring vision is crystal clear at all distances.
Lab3Sixty offers the product with full flexibility for adaptations, including varying progression lengths to provide a near zone in the best position for your patients, and different power profiles so specific needs can be catered for with just one design. Lab3Sixty says, whether a patient has an indoor or outside lifestyle or a mix of both, Opus can be tailored to give the best performance.
Jai Kudo: Honeycomb
Jai Kudo’s Honeycomb lens looks to nature, taking inspiration from the honeycomb design. The hexagonal pattern mesh is said to allow for more light to be distributed from all areas of the lens. Jai Kudo says the key benefits of this include sharper vision, optimum clarity, reduced glare in bright light, less eye fatigue and anti-reflective qualities.
The Honeycomb lens appears completely clear with the patented ‘mesh’ technology just visible under very close inspection or when the lens becomes misted. The lens is said to be ideal for use in a range of situations including: working on a computer, driving at night or in bad weather, working in low light conditions and reading. Honeycomb lenses are available in Jai Kudo’s single vision lenses, progressives and indoor occupational lenses.
Hoya: Miyosmart
Miyosmart myopia management spectacle lenses are based on new Defocus Incorporated Multiple Segments (Dims) technology and are said to be easy to fit and look just like a regular single vision lens. With the exclusive non-invasive Dims technology, the lens is said to provide full vision correction and has a ring-shaped treatment zone aimed at slowing down myopia progression by around 60%. Hoya says the combination of the focus zone and treatment zone provides clear vision and manages myopia simultaneously.
The findings of the six-year, long-term follow-up clinical study has shown that the Miyosmart spectacle lens myopia control effect is sustained over time for children wearing the lens. It also confirmed that patients who stop wearing the Miyosmart spectacle lens show no rebound effect when compared to the initial myopia rates of progression during the two-year randomised controlled trial or with the general population.
Essilor: Stellest
Essilor says its Stellest lens not only corrects myopia but also slows down its progression. Clinical trial results, released at the International Myopia Conference in September 2022, showed that Stellest lenses saved more than one dioptre of myopia, on average, over three years, demonstrating conclusive evidence that they remain effective in slowing down myopia progression in children.
Designed with Halt technology, a constellation of 1,021 invisible aspherical contiguous lenslets, distributed over 11 rings on the surface of the lens, which creates a volume of non-focused light in front of the retina that follows the shape of a child’s theoretical myopic retina. This signal helps to slow down eye elongation and, therefore, myopia progression.
Dr Andy Hepworth, professional relations manager for Essilor, said: ‘We are proud to be at the forefront of myopia management with Essilor Stellest lenses. The cutting-edge technology allows eye care professionals to offer an effective lens to their patients and help many children today and in the future.’
Younger Optics: Drivewear
Transitions Trilogy DriveWear is described by supplier Younger Optics as a unique and patented intelligent combination of existing lens technologies. This adaptive resin polarised, photochromic, prescription sunglass lens for drivers is available from Rx labs throughout the UK and Ireland.
DriveWear is said to be the lightest and strongest lens material available, and that no other thin lens technology combines lightweight, strength and superior clarity of vision to the same degree. The photochromic dye package reacts to both UV and visible light and works with a NuPolar high efficiency (97.5%) polarising filter to block discomforting and blinding glare, while meeting all sunglass lens standards. In its resting state, DriveWear is a 35% light transmittance factor (LTF), high contrast olive-green colour that, in the car, darkens to a 25% LTF copper colour. In direct sunlight, DriveWear darkens further to a 12% LTF warm brown colour.
Waterside: VFX
Waterside describes VFX as the first choice option for enhanced visual comfort for patients. Parallel light rays closest o the centre of the lens form the clearest image, but marginal rays at the extremities of the lens, together with lateral light sources and light disturbances, can provide ghost images and blur. This may result in eye fatigue and sub-optimal vision. Utilising honeycomb ‘mesh’ technology, Waterside’s VFX lens is said to reduce the effects of light pollution and scattered light rays to provide cleaner and crisper images, resulting in enhanced vision, reduced glare and improved visual comfort. VFX is available across all indices and materials, including clear, tinted and photochromic.
Optimum Coatings: OptiForm Drive inMotion
Driving is a complex task that demands the best vision possible. OptiForm Drive inMotion from Optimum Coatings, with its specially developed OptiGo inMotion coating, is said to ensure driving patients will have clearer, more comfortable vision, day and night. This unique design has been created to provide the widest possible distance for edge-to-edge clarity, as well as a significantly wider upper intermediate zone to enable a clear view of the dashboard and a full reading prescription.
Optimum has taken into consideration viewing behaviour when driving to ensure wearers get the best performance at the distances they fixate on most when driving in low light, and has even created a night myopia zone for patients who experience a myopic shift at night. The company says clinical trials show drivers will recover from the dazzling effect of headlights almost 25% faster with the OptiGo inMotion coating. The product is also available in single vision.