ASSOCIATIONS

■ The AOA and Optometry Cares – The AOA Foundation, The Vision Council, The American Optometric Student Association and Essilor of America seek to break the Guinness World Record for “the most people wearing sunglasses in the dark” at Optometry’s meeting this month in Seattle, Wash.

COMPANY NEWS

■ ABB OPTICAL GROUP’s Primary Eyecare Network will provide a monthly webinar series on compliance issues, such as ICD-10 documentation requirements, in partnership with the optometric consulting company, CS Eye. The series is free to PEN members and $15 for non-members. For more information, visit PrimaryEye.net, or email education@primaryeye.net.

■ Menicon America has appointed Scott Orphanos as president for North America. In this role, Mr. Orphanos will be responsible for Menicon’s U.S. and Canadian businesses.

■ CooperVision is offering this year’s Science and Technology Awards Program to those who can come up with ideas for improving contact lens discomfort and technologies to enhance contact lens functionality beyond vision correction. For more information, visit http://coopervision.com/our-company/science-and-technology-awards.

■ The Power Practice’s 12th annual client meeting in Carlsbad, Calif., was attended by doctors from more than 30 states and included a leadership training session and an awards session. “The Practice of the Year” award went to Jeffrey Kenyon of Blackstone Valley Eye Care in Woonsocket, R.I. For information on The Power Practice, visit www.powerpractice.com.

■ Shire and the Foundation Fighting Blindness have agreed to work together on a novel treatment for autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa. Currently, no approved treatment options are available.

FDA APPROVALS

■ MARCO’s OPD-Scan III’s Final Fit software update has received FDA approval. The update will facilitate compatibility with a new aberrometer to perform topography-assisted LASIK, the company says.

■ Brien Holden Vision announced the FDA has granted clearance for its Extended Depth of Focus (EDOF) contact lenses, which uses higher order aberrations to optimize vision over a wide range of distances from far to near.