4 Topic Commentaries

Profilometry-Guided Scleral Lens Design for Keratoconus

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  Bradley A. Salus, OD, FAAO

  Specialty Contact Lenses; Cornea & Contact Lens

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  Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine

  …such as scleral-based profilometry, to improve diagnostic fits for patients with irregular corneas… — verbatim from source

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  Laura Di Meglio, OD

  Specialty Contact Lenses; Cornea & Contact Lens

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  Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine

  “The fluid fills in the cracks between the scleral lens and the cornea, and the lens imitates the perfectly round surface of a normal cornea, masking all of those irregularities,” — verbatim from source

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  John Laurent, OD, PhD, FAAO

  Cornea & Contact Lens; Specialty Contact Lenses

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  UAB School of Optometry

  “Patients needing this service can experience a number of benefits including a reduction in pain, clearer vision and sometimes avoid needing complex surgical procedures,” — verbatim from source

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  Pam Satjawatcharaphong, OD, FAAO, FSLS

  Cornea & Contact Lens; Specialty Contact Lenses

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  Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry & Vision Science, University of California, Berkeley

  “This innovative technology allows us to provide precisely fit, premium scleral devices to our specialty contact lens patients,” — verbatim from source

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