by Joel Harrison
29. October 2011 10:24
According to Dr Ronald K. Watanabe, an eye care expert writing for Contact Lenses Today, the modern manufacturing technology allows companies to produce a wide variety of excellent GP contact lenses with designs suiting the needs of patients who have irregular corneas. In such patients, increasing visual acuity is the main goal and when the patient can see well, the goal is considered to be achieved.
In consequence, most practitioners do not think about multifocal contact lenses when treating presbyopic patients with irregular corneas, as this would make the problem too complicated. However, Dr Watanabe stresses, most companies specialising in GP lenses can now produce speciality lenses incorporating multifocal optics. For instance, Art Optical manufacturers SO2Clear Progressive multifocal contact lenses whose design is corneo-scleral.
These technologically advanced lenses are a great opportunity for elderly patients with irregular corneas, Dr Watanabe concludes, adding that new designs are being developed and should be available soon.
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