MiSight (contact lenses)

2019: Announcement

At the end of November, 2019 the CooperVision company released contact lenses, the first in the market, for children who do not allow to progress short-sightedness.

The lenses which received the name MiSight are disposable soft contact lenses which are held for use during the day. It is supposed that the child should throw out lenses in a ballot box in the evening as it is impossible to leave them for the night. These contact lenses are intended for correction of short-sightedness and deceleration of further defeats.

CooperVision released contact lenses, the first in the market, for children who do not allow to progress short-sightedness

Short-sightedness or shortsightedness arises when the crystalline lens loses the mobility, and the eyeball is extended on an axis. As a result instead of focusing images on a retina, the crystalline lens focuses it in a point before a retina. As a result people with short-sightedness well see close, but cannot make out anything at distance. At children shortsightedness often develops very quickly so the sight easily worsens with age. At the same time the risk of a serious illness grows: it is known that the people who had heavy short-sightedness in the childhood, a thicket are subject to such statuses as an early cataract, glaucoma or spalling of a retina at mature age.

Like normal lenses one part of a contact lens of MiSight adjusts a refraction error, allowing the short-sighted person to see in a long distance. But besides, concentric peripheral rings in a lens focus the part of the world before a retina. It is considered that it reduces intensity of the incentives which are usually causing progressing of short-sightedness.

The president of CooperVision Danijel McBride notes that shortsightedness is widespread worldwide and even more often begins to develop at children's age therefore the lenses which are slowing down development of short-sightedness can be invaluable. Developers are sure that disruptive approach will improve quality of life of many children.^[1]

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