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The President’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Knowledge Transfer – Novel Myopic Defocus Technology for Myopia Control

4 Aug, 2022 (Thu)

Congratulations to CEVR leaders, Prof. Chi-ho To, Prof. Carly Lam, and Dr Dennis Tse has been awarded the President's Award for Outstanding Performance in Knowledge Transfer Transfer – Novel Myopic Defocus Technology for Myopia Control at Poly U.
 
Myopia control using vision correction simultaneously with myopic defocus lets the user see clearly, while also focussing peripheral images slightly in front of the retina so that the eye will adapt and shorten itself to receive the images. That would slow down the eyes from growing longer and near-sightedness from getting worse. The technology led to the invention of two products, the DISC soft contact lens and DIMS spectacle lens, both proven to slow myopia progression among children by about 60%.