silicone hydrogel lenses on the market: Silicone lenses have not been found to reduce the risk of bacterial keratitis for contact lens wearers. Current research suggests that contact lens-related ...

Much remains unknown about the effect of CLs on meibomian glands. If flexing of ultrathin hydrogel lenses is to be blamed, we may assume that GP lenses should induce a different rate of MGDos ...

Eye Contact Lens. 2013;39(1):115-124 ... especially for DD SiHy lenses. The relationships between CLs and MGDo, and between CLPC and MGD, remain unclear. Whether CLPC is a sequela of MGD, or ...

Contact lenses consisting of silicone have some features that provide a healthy environment for the eye. These lenses are designed to allow as much as five to ten times the amount of oxygen to pass ...

Global and individual health care is experiencing disruption through a variety of technologies. Building disruptive technologies is at the core of ...

Capping ten years of work to stem the tide of nearsightedness, David Berntsen, Golden-Golden Professor of Optometry and chair ...

Paper-thin optical lenses simple enough to mass produce like microchips could enable a new generation of compact optical devices. Researchers have fabricated and tested flat lenses called Fresnel ...

This new hydrogel system employs visible light—safe for the human body—to facilitate cross-linking, where the main components of the hydrogel bond and harden, and to simultaneously boost ...

A new injectable hydrogel could change that, however, by transforming into a robust bone regeneration material when exposed to visible light. While bone injuries such as fractures typically heal ...

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