RCSV researchers launch innovative spectacle lens powered by PolyU’s two patented technologies to slow down myopia progression in children

The Vision Science and Technology Co. Ltd. (VST), a PolyU-supported start-up, has successfully developed the Nano Multi-rings Defocus Incorporated Lens, offering children and adolescents a convenient, non-invasive and effective option to delay myopia progression. The VST collaborated with the State Key Laboratory of Ultra-precision Machining Technology (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) (SKL-UPMT), the Research Centre for SHARP Vision (RCSV) and the School of Optometry of PolyU to create the new solution by integrating PolyU’s proprietary technology—Defocus Incorporated Soft Contact (DISC) technology and Ultra-precision Nano Multi-rings Machining Technology—to create the new spectacle lens, which will soon be rolled out  in Hong Kong and the inland. The company will continue collaborating with PolyU to develop new myopia control products based on DISC technology to protect the vision health of children and adolescents.

Founded by PolyU’s professor and alumni, VST has received financial support from the PolyU Micro Fund and the PolyU Tech Launchpad Fund. In 2018, the VST secured a licence from PolyU for commercialising DISC technology, which VST manufactures and distributes DISC lenses at its authorised optometric clinics and fitting centres.

Further reading: https://www.polyu.edu.hk/rcsv/news-and-events/news/2022/20221207-rcsv-associate-director-and-member-launches-innovative-spectacle-lens/