The Business of Blue Light
Product SHOWCASE
Lens Products That Can Benefit Patients And Protect Their Ocular Health
CRIZAL® PREVENCIA™
PROTECTION AGAINST GLARE, REFLECTIONS, AND BOTH UV AND BLUE-VIOLET LIGHT
Crizal® Prevencia™ No-Glare lenses with Light Scan™ represent the first application of this patented technology that enables selective filtering of harmful light—both UV and Blue-Violet—while allowing beneficial light to pass through. This allows patients to enjoy the clearest vision with significant protection against UV and high-energy Blue-Violet wavelengths.
Crizal Prevencia lenses are easy to clean, resistant to smudges, scratches, dust, and water, and protect against distracting glare and reflections. Maintaining excellent transparency, Crizal Prevencia No-Glare lenses offer optimal vision at all times.
Learn more at: crizal.com
KODAK LENSES IN BLUTECH 1.56
LENS MATERIAL THAT PROTECTS FROM BLUE LIGHT WITHOUT DISTORTING COLOR
KODAK Lenses in BluTech 1.56 are designed to help protect the eyes from a lifetime of blue light exposure without distorting color vision. These lenses block all direct UV radiation and filter high-energy visible light in proportion to the damage caused, allowing the lenses to provide natural color and comfortable vision.
KODAK Lenses in BluTech 1.56 are available for both indoor and outdoor use. BluTech 1.56 lenses are available in KODAK Unique™ HD, KODAK Unique, KODAK Precise® PB and KODAK Precise Short PB Progressive Lenses, KODAK Digital Single Vision, and a computer lens option, KODAK SoftWear™ Lens.
Learn more at: signetarmorlite.com/blutech
SPY’S HAPPY LENS
USING THE GOOD BLUE, BLOCKING THE BAD BLUE
SPY’s color- and contrast-enhancing Happy Lens™ is the first and only sunglass lens technology designed to allow in the sun’s long-wave blue light that studies suggest creates an uplift in mood and alertness, while still blocking the sun’s short-wave blue light and UV rays.
Research indicates exposure through the eyes to long-wave blue light brings about a number of positive physiological changes, including elevated mood and increased alertness.
SPY is the only eyewear company with this advanced technology and has a patent pending on this “therapeutic eyewear.”
Learn more at: spyoptic.com/happy
RESOURCE CORNER
Want to learn even more about the risks of exposure to blue light? Vendor-produced materials as well as a Google search of these titles will help you educate patients.
Digitized: The Daily Impact of Digital Screens on the Eye Health of Americans, The Vision Council
The Effects of Blue Light on Ocular Health, Elaine Kitchel, M.Ed.
The Macular Degeneration Epidemic: Beyond UV Protection, Gary L. Morgan, O.D.
Blue Light Has a Dark Side, Harvard Health Letter
Age-related Maculopathy and the Impact of Blue Light Hazard, Algvere, Marshall, & Seregard
Visible Light and Risk of Age-related Macular Degeneration, HR Taylor
Blue Light from Electronics Disturbs Sleep, Especially for Teenagers, Washington Post