Small eyes - big responsibility
The OptiExpert app from CooperVision supports the management of juvenile myopia with a new function. The OptiExpert app has been available since 2014, and with it the contact lens manufacturer has launched an innovative tool in cell phone format that simplifies contact lens calculation and advice. The contact lens calculator has become an indispensable tool in the optical practice. Now another valuable and highly topical function has been added.
The user-friendly OptiExpert app now has a calculator for estimating axial eye bulb length, an important indicator for risk assessment and management of juvenile myopia. Excessive eye length growth favors the worsening of childhood myopia. Early and targeted myopia management can effectively inhibit progression and thus also counteract possible secondary eye diseases. CooperVision's integration of the eyebrow length calculator is not least a response to the rapidly increasing number of myopic children and adolescents worldwide. The company has been addressing this issue for many years, for example with a long-term study and the MiSight 1 day disposable contact lens developed specifically for myopia management in children and adolescents, which effectively slows down the progression of myopia and reduces it by an average of 59 percent over a period of three years.
The eyebrow length calculator now complements the existing tools in the OptiExpert app: an illustration of the Efron classification helps with the assessment of possible abnormalities and the corresponding procedure. After entering relevant basic data, such as current spectacle refraction and desired wearing rhythm, the contact lens calculator calculates the exact contact lens parameters and suggests suitable contact lenses. This is not only for spherical, but also for toric and multifocal or toric multifocal fittings. In addition, the oxygen permeability for different contact lens types, strengths and designs can be compared across the entire contact lens profile.
With the new eye tree length calculator, an important intelligent function has now been added that supports the move towards modern and sustainable management of childhood myopia. According to the company, it is important to bear in mind that the eyebrow length calculator is a calculation and not an actual measurement of eyebrow length. It helps with initial orientation and appropriate advice, but is no substitute for an exact measurement with a biometer.
The OptiExpert app is now available in more than 80 countries and in 17 languages, and supports fitters worldwide in their day-to-day business and in the successful expansion of the contact lens segment.
