The optical world has been moving toward individualized/personalized/customized eyewear for the past few years. With the advent of the Izon lenses and Z-view aberrometer and, Zeiss' iScription lenses and now Essilor brings it's new pony to the party with eyecode.
Izon and Zeiss both use an aberrometer to correct higher order aberrations. The Essilor Eyecode claims to calculate the rotational axis of the eye and use this data to manufacture a lens that corrects the lens Rx throughout the entire lens surface by compensating for the change in vertex distance. Although this is novel idea, is it too early? are we too close to marrying both of these technologies to chose one above the other?
In July of 2009, Essilor applied for a manufacturing patent on how to manufacture an ophthalmic lens using photoactive material. This looks like a Essilor already has the technology to develop a lens that corrects higher order aberrations. Only time will tell.
As ECPs we all want the best acuity for our patients and it's obvious that we can achieve this by combining both of these techniques for collecting data to manufacture a better lens for our patients.
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This is a really cool idea! Is it really possible and if so, when? My eyesight has been going down hill pretty fast and I don't feel that old. Have you heard of a good optician in Edmonton?
ReplyDeleteInteresting read. I used to be an optician in Edmonton and I've heard that they're trying to work the bugs out of this procedure. I hope that they're able to figure it out because I know of a lot of people that would be interested.
ReplyDeleteDo you really think the technology is going to merge at some point? That would be incredible. My cousin can't get lasik or any other eye surgery because of a problem with her cornea, but there are future options for her like this one. It would be amazing to see her become eligible for this kind of operation. | http://leyecare.com/
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