RCSV researchers launch innovative spectacle lens to slow 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 way to delay myopia progression. 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 spectacle lens by integrating PolyU’s proprietary technology—Defocus Incorporated Soft Contact (DISC) technology and Ultra-precision Nano Multi-rings Machining technology. The new lens will soon be rolled out in Hong Kong and on the inland. The company will continue collaborating with PolyU to develop new myopia control products based on DISC technology to protect the vision of children and adolescents.

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