Insight’s 2023 Myopia Product Showcase’ features the latest treatments and diagnostics available in Australia from leading manufacturers and distributors.
A sleek lens design that helps all myopic children
Rodenstock says it has always strived to create the sharpest vision possible for all, including children. With the company’s new MyCon myopia control lens, peripheral defocus areas are placed to the sides of the lens, where they slow the progression of myopia the most, leaving the main vision zones of the lens undisturbed for sharp vision.
“An independent clinical study examining myopia progression in Caucasian children over a period of five years has shown that myopia control lenses built on the principles of Rodenstock MyCon are effective in reducing the progression of myopia,” the company says.
“Whether a child is slightly myopic or highly myopic, Rodenstock MyCon lenses help prevent further myopia progression. Rodenstock MyCon lenses are available in index 1.5, 1.6, 1.67, and 1.74, which make the lenses both thinner and sleeker than many other myopia lenses on the market and well suited to high prescriptions.”
For enquiries contact a local Rodenstock account manager.
Contact: (02) 9748 0988
Master orthoK with the Medmont Meridia
The Meridia advanced corneal topographer generates high-quality, reliable and precise topography maps – the key to successful orthokeratology (orthoK) design and fitting. Unlike other topographers that extrapolate data, it provides the practitioner with real topography data from limbus-to-limbus.
Proprietary composite topography capture provides users with a complete view of the cornea for utmost confidence in your orthoK lens design.
“Achieve the perfect fit in the way that suits you best with the Meridia’s convenient lens design options. Use the effortless contact lens simulator, integrate with custom lens design software such as EyeSpace and WAVE, or send your data to your contact lens lab so they can design the lens for you,” manufacturer Medmont states.
“Assess and document fit at a glance with the Meridia’s easy-to-interpret subtractive map function and powerful fluorescein imaging and video.”
The Meridia is considered an indispensable tool for determining orthoK candidacy, designing lenses, evaluating fit and achieving quick orthoK lens success for myopia patients.
Contact: info@medmont.com
Myopia Expert 700 – a trusted partner for myopia management
With axial length being the critical measurement in myopia management, the Myopia Expert 700 delivers a gold standard, non-invasive axial length measurement to help guide myopia management solutions and provide ongoing control.
Additionally, the instrument has a complete set of measurements for all myopia solutions. Covering the full spectrum, the Myopia Expert 700 captures key measurements necessary for the application of different myopia solutions, allowing the practitioner to recommend the optimum control solution to the patient.
These include: corneal topography, keratometry, fluorescein, pupillometry and white-to-white measurement.
Myopia Expert 700 is manufacturered by Essilor Instruments and is supplied to Australian practitioners through OptiMed.
Contact: sales@optimed.com.au
Start offering gold standard myopia care
Eyecare professionals can introduce or expand their myopia control capabilities with precise measurements of The Lenstar Myopia by HOYA. Whether it’s for early detection of disease onset or offering state-of-the-art management, this instrument utilises Automated Positioning Technology for fully automated measurement capture process, combined with the latest graphical data from Erasmus University to detect and track progression and communicate treatment pathways effectively with patients and parents.
Derived from Haag-Streit’s ophthalmology-facing Lenstar for cataract planning, the device is said to be highly accurate and repeatable, averaging multiple individual measurements for axial length measurement, enabling practitioners to identify true progression from deviation. Networkable with existing practice IT ecosystems, and chair and stand compatible, it enables easy practice integration even for those who are space conscious.
The device is distributed by Device Technologies in Australia, and is also accessible to HOYA customers thanks to a global preferred partnership agreement between Haag-Streit and HOYA.
Contact: 1300 338 423 (Device Technologies)
Nidek launches AL-Scan M optical biometer
Nidek has introduced its AL-Scan M Optical Biometer with MV-1 Myopia Viewer software.
The AL-Scan M measures axial length, considered a key parameter for predicting and monitoring myopia progression, according to clinical and scientific literature. As most facilities already have an auto refractometer, clinicians can immediately begin myopia management with the AL-Scan M and the MV-1.
“The AL-Scan M incorporates 3D auto tracking and auto shot functions for easy operation and quick measurement. This is especially important for measuring young children and ensures smooth patient flow. The accuracy of axial length measurements is the same as the current Nidek AL-Scan that is used in cataract practices worldwide,” local distributor BOC Instruments says.
“Measurements over time can be monitored and compared with the growth curve. Additionally, the MV-1 presents a history of treatment and patient behaviour in a convenient summary. The history is important for clinical decision-making and the intuitive displays are helpful for patient and parental education.”
BOC is the exclusive Australian distributer for the device.
Contact: sales@bocinstruments.com.au
Diopter extension for CooperVision myopia CL
CooperVision MiSight 1 day contact lenses are now available in higher prescriptions. The expanded range covers -0.25 D to -10.00 D (0.50 D steps after -6.00D) – which means that MiSight 1 day now covers 99.97% of prescriptions for Asian children, and 99.97% for Caucasian children – who have myopia and less than 1D of astigmatism.1
The diopter extension for this innovative, specially designed lens will allow even more children to benefit from myopia management.s
MiSight 1 day contact lenses are backed by the longest-running soft contact lens study among children.
Contact: hello@au.coopervision.com
Reference:
1. CVI Data on file, 2022. SERE coverage of childhood myopia prescriptions with MiSight® 1 day for 104,810 eyes in Asia (China, Korea) and 116,336 eyes in Europe and USA aged 8-18 years.
The longest myopia control spectacle lens study
The results of a six-year clinical study conducted on 90 children in Asia looked at the progression of myopia in children who wore the HOYA Vision Care’s MiYOSMART spectacle lens.
The results enhanced a previous three-year follow-up study1, a continuation of a two-year randomised control trial (RCT)2, which was published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology, demonstrating strong evidence of the lens’ effectiveness in slowing down the progression of myopia in children ages 8-13.
The findings of the six Year MiYOSMART Follow-up Clinical Study proved:
• The myopia control effect of MiYOSMART spectacle lens was sustained over six years
• Children that wore MiYOSMART for the duration of the study3 of six years had:
– Average cumulative myopia progression of less than -1.00 D
(-0.92 D or -0.15 D/year)
– Average axial elongation 0.60mm (0.10 mm/year)
• Children who stopped wearing MiYOSMART spectacle lenses show no rebound effect
Contact: ulli.hentschel@hoya.com
(References available upon request)
Essilor brings spectacle-based intervention to market
To help give children a brighter future, Essilor has launched Essilor Stellest, a new myopia control lens that slows down myopia progression in children. Essilor Stellest is an innovation for optometrists wanting to correct myopia and help fight its progression. Clinical trial results show that after two years, Essilor Stellest lenses slow down myopia progression by 67% on average, compared to single vision lenses, when worn 12 hours a day.*
With more than 30 years of research and development experience in myopia control, Essilor says it is proud to be at the forefront of myopia management. Essilor Stellest is the company’s best solution to slow down myopia progression in children and doesn’t compromise on the aesthetics of the lens. Available from plano to -10.00 D sph and plano to -4.00D cyl, it covers a broad prescription range. Made in Airwear, Essilor Stellest also provides the safety a child needs in the rough and tumble of the playground.
Ask an Essilor account manager for more information.
Contact: marketing@essilor.com.au
*Reference available upon request.
Biometry OCT delivers precise results
B-OCT is an innovative method of using the Optopol REVO OCT device to measure ocular structure along eye axis. OCT biometry provides a complete set of biometry parameters: axial length, central cornea thickness, anterior chamber depth and lens thickness.
B-OCT is a software licence feature for the ‘REVO’ OCT available through OptiMed. It is considered an ideal tool for myopia control, with many Australian myopia management key opinion leaders successfully using this technology. All measurement callipers are shown on all boundaries of OCT images provided by REVO.
Now, practitioners can visually verify, identify and, if required, make corrections as to which structure of the eye has been measured. With a simple cursor shift, it is possible to precisely set boundaries for every patient.
From now, eyecare professionals can eliminate the common uncertainty as to how most optical biometers classify the boundaries in non-typical patients.
• 3 mm scan allows precise evaluation of retinal conditions
• 5 µm resolution gives the highest level of detail.
The REVO Biometry licence will have an update in Q1 to include progression analysis (retrospective data enabled) to provide practitioners with a powerful management software package that includes normative database.
Contact: sales@optimed.com.au
HP-OCT captures all biometric parameters for management
The Cylite HP-OCT is an Australian-made OCT with an industry-leading scanning speed of over 300,000 scans per second. It realises this by scanning the eye with 1,008 simultaneous and parallel beamlets in a series of snapshot captures, which the company says effectively neutralises eye motion artefacts for each snapshot, and in doing so, producing true volume 3D images of the anterior and posterior segments.
“With one click of the button, the HP-OCT Biometry scan captures all biometric parameters required for comprehensive myopia management, including axial length, keratometry, anterior chamber depth, central corneal thickness, lens thickness, white-to-white and pupil diameter,” Cylite states.
“And since the HP-OCT is acquiring an image of the entire anterior segment at the same time, this scan also produces anterior and posterior corneal topography maps, plus a pachymetry map. All of these parameters are then displayed on a single biometry report, giving clinicians a greater understanding of the myopic eye.”
Contact: info@cyliteoptics.com
Integrated optical biometry for myopia management
The OCULUS family of Pentacam anterior segment, total-corneal tomographer continues to expand on its diagnostic capabilities, with the addition of the Corneal Scleral Profiling module for 3D corneal planning of scleral contact lenses, and updates to keratoconus screening and progression analysis.
The Pentacam AXL expands on its hi-resolution anterior segment capabilities with the addition of integrated optical biometry for total corneal IOL calculation and myopia management and monitoring.
The latest Pentacam AXL WAVE model builds on the Pentacam AXL with the addition of retro-illumination of the lens, to highlight lens opacities and defects, and integrated wavefront aberrometry and autorefraction of the entire eye. The result is a comprehensive diagnostic system offering a complete, objective, visual assessment from anterior cornea to the retina.
The extensive abilities of the Pentacam AXL WAVE and its analysis modules is said to be an indispensable tool for screening, diagnosis and management of refractive and corneal disease, the lens, anterior chamber and cataract, more accurate optical prescriptions, surgical planning and myopia management.
Contact: 1800 225 307 (Designs For Vision)
See more, treat more
Optos says its Daytona device produces a 200° single-capture optomap retinal image of unrivalled clarity in less than ½ second. This fast, easy, patient friendly, ultra-widefield (UWF) imaging technology was designed for healthy eye screening and has been shown to improve practice flow and patient engagement.
Enhances Clinical Decision-making:Evaluation of the peripheral retina is critical for optimal patient management. optomap imaging is ideal for peripheral examinations. Published studies comparing field-of-view and clinical utility of various widefield imaging systems confirm optomap captures the widest clinically usable field of view and the most retinal pathology, Optos says.
Improves Practice Efficiency and Economics: Studies show that optomap images are faster to capture and easier to review than traditional patient examination techniques. optomap enables practitioners to differentiate their practice and add an additional revenue stream.
Contact: auinfo@optos.com
