New Contact Lens Case Available Next Year

WatchDog Group designers have engineered a contact lens case with patent pending features that the company says will minimize microbial contamination. Its flip-top design of the case called EZcase is said to make it easy to open and close. Left and right solution soaking wells are marked, reducing the chances of mixing up lenses. Its flip-top drying feature keeps solution wells from touching dangerous sink top bacteria while also keeping irritating allergy dust and bathroom particulates from dropping into the wells. The case  will be nationally distributed to food, drug, and mass retailers Spring 2015. Read more.

Ultra-Slim CL Case Wins Award from Duke University

"The $50,000 grand prize of the 14th-annual Duke Start-Up Challenge [from Duke University] was awarded to Refresh Innovations—the maker of an ultra-slim, all-in-one contact lens case and solution package," notes the Duke Chronicler. "Three teams presented their business plans to a group of 15 judges at the competition’s final round Thursday evening. The other two finalists were Camras Vision, which makes a shunt to treat glaucoma, and Refrakt, which offers a portable platform for treating wastewater produced by fracking. The event—held in Geneen Auditorium in the Fuqua School of Business—marked the end of this year’s student entrepreneurship contest, which began in the Fall." Read more.