In fact, the difference in pupil size between the most farsighted and nearsighted people was actually 24 percent, which is quite significant when you’re talking about something as small as a pupil.”Īcuvue Oasys® With Transitions™ Light Intelligent Technology™ Contact Lenses Named One of Time's Best Inventions of 2018 “The more farsighted you are, the smaller your pupil, and the more nearsighted you are, the larger your pupil. And most importantly, we found a direct correlation to pupil size based on your degree of nearsightedness and farsightedness,” Moody says. “As you get older, your pupils become smaller. The study, published in 2016 in the journal Optometry and Vision Science, provided groundbreaking data that allowed scientists to better understand the correlation between pupil size, age and vision impairment.
To develop the knowledge base that would allow his team to optimize a design for different-sized pupils, the company launched the largest pupil study done to date. Moody and the optical design team quickly realized that it was only possible to optimize near vision for one pupil size-but as a practicing optometrist for 22 years before joining Johnson & Johnson Vision, Moody knew that patients have a range of pupil sizes that can affect the optical performance of a lens. “We wanted to create a lens that offered slightly more near vision than distance vision, because, based on a lot of consumer work even 10 years ago, we realized people spend so much time up close on a digital device,” he says.
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Kurt Moody Kurt Moody, Director of North America Professional Education, Johnson & Johnson Vision, Director of North America Professional Education, Johnson & Johnson Vision, led the group in charge of the project. Highly Personalized Lenses That Help Provide Clear Vision as You AgeĪ decade ago, Johnson & Johnson Vision researchers took on a tricky challenge in contact lens design: Design a multifocal lens-which is made with different lens powers, targeting vision at varying distances-that allows wearers to see clearly in the entire continuum, from close vision out to infinity. Learn more about TECNIS Synergy and TECNIS Synergy Toric II, including important safety information. “This broad range of continuous focus is really the breakthrough aspect,” Song explains. The lenses also incorporate violet light-filtering technology to reduce glare or halos for tasks like night driving, compared to IOLs of similar range. The TECNIS ® Synergy™ is a presbyopia-correcting IOL (PCIOL) that combines the best of extended depth-of-focus and multifocal technologies to deliver the widest range of continuous vision with the best near vision among leading PCIOLs (based on comparison and clinical studies) without the visual gaps caused by existing multifocal technology. To meet this range of vision needs, Johnson & Johnson has developed its most advanced IOL using its TECNIS ® platform, a proprietary combination of materials and design for IOLs that was pioneered 20 years ago. “You also need to be able to see in all kinds of light conditions, whether you’re outside on a bright day or reading a menu in a dimly lit restaurant.” You need an intermediate range of vision for a tablet, you need near vision for a smartphone and you still need far vision for things like driving,” Song explains. “The shift to digital platforms has created a rapid increase in vision demands.
This Is What It's Like to Get LASIK: Eye Surgeons Walk You Through the Procedure However, monofocals can make it difficult for patients to engage in activities that require intermediate vision, like cooking or working on a computer, without the use of glasses or contact lenses. “They help the patient achieve distance vision, and patients can use glasses or contact lenses for close vision,” she adds. Monofocals are popular because they are affordable and simple, Song explains. “Monofocal IOLs-which are IOLs that have one point of focus and are used in over 80% of cataract surgeries-are designed to allow people to see clearly at certain distances,” says Xiao-Yu Song Xiao-Yu Song, Global Head of Research and Development, Johnson & Johnson Vision, Global Head of Research and Development, Johnson & Johnson Vision. Just like glasses or contact lenses, IOLs can also improve your vision and correct common sight impairments such as presbyopia, myopia and astigmatism. Got Dry Eye? There's a New Treatment for Thatĭuring cataract surgery, the clouded lens is replaced with something called an artificial intraocular lens (IOL), which is implanted into the eye and remains there permanently.