Hoya Vision Care launches the iD MyStyle 3 and iD WorkStyle 3 lenses

HOYA Vision Care is introducing the latest additions to its line of progressive lenses: the iD MyStyle 3 and iD WorkStyle 3 with AdaptiveEase technology.

These lens designs are debuting during the 2024 Vision Expo West meeting this week in Las Vegas, Nevada.

First, give me some company details.

HOYA manufactures high-performing optical and healthcare solutions and technology in 100 countries and 43 laboratories around the globe.

Its product portfolio encompasses (but is definitely not limited to):

Myopia management
3D-tailored eyewear
Progressive lenses
Single-vision lenses
Occupational lenses
Photochromic lenses
Coatings and materials

Let’s talk progressive lenses.

The company’s extensive line of progressive advanced lenses (PALs) includes:

iD MyStyle 3 (new)
iD LifeStyle 4
iD LifeStyle 3
iD WorkStyle 3 (new)
Array 2 & Array 2 Wrap
Summit cd BKS & Summit ecp BKS
Amplitude BKS & Amplitude Mini BKS

And what kind of technology do these lenses feature?

Unique to HOYA’s lenses is the patented Integrated Dual Surface (iD) design that customizes each lens shape for a patient’s individual visual needs.

How it works: the iD splits the progressive components between the front and back surfaces of the lenses to maximize the field of view, minimize distortion, and reduce eye rotation.

Other components of this technology platform include:

Binocular Harmonization Technology (BHT), which considers the differences between right and left prescriptions in order to “balance the design performance”
Binocular eye model for evaluating the lenses as a par to ensure “the best possible binocular vision and harmonized images”

Any clinical data on them?

Based on an internal study of 1,694 PAL wearers across the globe:

56% reported faster adaptation
57% reported less fatigue while wearing their lenses
61% less swaying while wearing their PALs

Now to these new designs … how are they unique from the others?

Among a few distinctions is the key inclusion of HOYA’s AdaptEase Technology, designed to provide a faster adaptation and clearer vision for a patient by “reducing peripheral astigmatic distortion,” according to the company.

Note: This technology is being incorporated in these designs for the first time.

Plus: Both lenses also include the 3D Binocular Vision technology that significantly reduces peripheral distortion and—as a result—“leads to a more comfortable and stable visual experience.”

Amazing! Tell me more about the MyStyle lens.

First: HOYA’s MyStyle lens profile is noted as the “most personalized progressive lens, with nearly 400 different versions of the lens based on the patient’s lifestyle and previous glasses.”

These lenses also utilize the MyStyle iDentifier, a patient questionnaire that takes into account their satisfaction level with their previous lens design to tailor a more personalized lens.

And the iD MyStyle 3?

With a minimum fitting height of 14 mm + six corridor lengths, the iD MyStyle 3 includes five options available for patients with managed vision care plans:

Tyro*
- Ideal for new progressive lens wearers to adapt quickly
- Smoother peripheral experience
- More indoor lifestyle-focused
Expert
- Ideal for experienced progressive lens wearers; active lifestyles
- Features a bifocal to PAL conversion
Detail
- Ideal for close-work focus (IT workers, mechanics, accountants)
  - Also: puzzlers, crafters, scrapbookers, and other hobbyists
Modern
- Available as single pair (for convenience)
- Includes no viewing-distance preference
Adventure
- Ideal for clear edge-to-edge distance; sports and outdoor activities
  - Teachers, drivers, dog walkers

*Newest available option

Now to the iD WorkStyle 3.

This latest iteration of the occupational lens is intended to personalize a patient’s lens experience and maximize wearers’ comfort “in the intermediate zone where typical workday functions are performed.”

The target wearers: Those who spend most of their day in an office or up-close environment.

Depending on a patient’s primary type of near-work experience, three “lifestyle” design options are available:

Space
- Primary focus: beyond a computer screen distance
- Ideal for: “active” patients in the office environment
Screen
- Primary focus: intermediate distance (ie: working at a desk)
- Ideal for: working on dual computer monitors
Zoom
- Primary focus: clarity at a short distance; widest possible near area
- Ideal for: hobbies and laptop work (high levels of concentration)

Nice! Any other specific notes about these lens designs?

HOYA noted that both the iD MyStyle 3 and iD WorkStyle 3 designs are compatible with its anti-reflective (AR) portfolio and are available in all lens materials (this includes Sensity photochromics).

And where can they be purchased?

As of Sept. 11, both lens designs are available through VSP.

Per HOYA: They will be "available through other key managed vision care plans” in the near future, and plans are in place to launch in Canada later this month.

And in the meantime?

If you’re attending VEW this weekend stop by booth #F5059 to learn more about the iD MyStyle 3 and iD WorkStyle 3.