Researchers have developed contact lenses with embedded sensors that measure the pressure inside the eye and send the information to an ophthalmologist for evaluation. It’s hoped that the lens will ...

It’s been a shining year so far for RxSight Inc., which makes an eye lens that can be customized after cataract surgery, which it claims is the only such product on the market. The Aliso Viejo-based ...

A new kind of smart contact lens is poised to revolutionize how we monitor eye health. Designed to work even when the eyes are closed, this stretchable lens combines pressure and movement sensing in ...

A cataract is the clouding of the natural lens inside the eye. Traditional cataract surgery was performed through an incision around 12 mm or 0.5 inch wide. Before surgical microscopes and fine ...

Celebrating 75 years of intraocular lens advancements that have improved care for millions of cataract patients. On November 29, 1949, Sir Harold Ridley performed a surgical procedure to replace a ...

If you wear contact lenses, you probably don't think much about them. But they're a relatively new invention -- in fact, the first disposable contact lens wasn't introduced until 1982. "We think of ...

The first soft contact lenses hit the U.S. market in 1971. Since then, they have developed into more than an eyeglass alternative. Contacts have become a fusion of comfort, advanced technology, and ...

Acanthamoeba keratitis is a rare but blinding parasitic eye disease. Experts share how to avoid it and treat it.